(5) There is a pressing need for a comprehen-
sive, culturally informed, and data-driven assessment 
of gender violence in Puerto Rico, including an eval-
uation of governmental policies, educational ap-
proaches, and community-based interventions. 
(6) Such an assessment should include an inde-
pendent and thorough study on the causes, impact, 
and systemic responses to gender-based violence in 
Puerto Rico, with particular attention to cultural 
context, economic conditions, infrastructure chal-
lenges, and the role of local organizations, in order 
to effectively inform Federal and local policy and 
programming, as well as sustainable investments in 
reliable, publicly accessible data systems. 
SEC. 3. COMPREHENSIVE STUDY ON GENDER-BASED VIO-
LENCE IN PUERTO RICO. 
(a) COMPTROLLER
GENERAL.—The Comptroller 
General of the United States shall conduct a comprehen-
sive study on gender-based violence in Puerto Rico. The 
study shall assess each of the following: 
(1) The prevalence, severity, and types of gen-
der violence across Puerto Rico, disaggregated by 
demographic and geographic factors, including— 
(A) detailed analysis of methods and pat-
terns of violence (e.g., physical force, weapons, 
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coercive control, economic dependence, digital 
abuse); 
(B) the settings in which violence occurs 
(e.g., home, workplace, public space); and 
(C) the relationship between victim and 
perpetrator. 
(2) Historical and recent trends, including 
changes after— 
(A) natural disasters (such as hurricanes 
Maria and Fiona); 
(B) economic crises and austerity meas-
ures; and 
(C) the COVID–19 pandemic. 
(3) The manner and extent of the effects on the 
prevalence, severity, and types of gender violence of 
cultural norms, structural poverty and economic de-
pendency, gender identity and sexual orientation, 
educational disparities and unemployment, inad-
equate transportation, housing, utility infrastruc-
ture, climate vulnerability and disaster risk, and 
other factors the Comptroller General may deter-
mine relevant. 
(4) Institutional response and capacity, includ-
ing with respect to— 
(A) law enforcement and judicial practices; 
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(B) health and social service systems; 
(C) shelter access and emergency housing; 
(D) access to mental health and trauma 
care; and 
(E) and substance use disorder treatment. 
(5) Barriers to prevention, protection, and jus-
tice, such as under-reporting due to stigma and fear, 
inaccessibility of services in rural areas, police and 
prosecutorial shortcomings, or lack of culturally 
competent or trauma-informed services. 
(6) The intersection of disaster events and gen-
der violence, including the role of infrastructure col-
lapse, displacement, and stressors in exacerbating vi-
olence and levels of access to shelters and services 
during and after disasters. 
(7) Data infrastructure and reporting systems, 
including: 
(A) existing Federal, Commonwealth, and 
local data systems; 
(B) gaps in reporting, accuracy, and demo-
graphic disaggregation; and 
(C) recommendations to improve data col-
lection and transparency, including evaluation 
of the creation and implementation of a publicly 
accessible data system with clear standards for 
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integration of governmental and civil-society- 
generated information. 
(8) Public access to femicide-related data and 
case updates, judicial outcomes and impunity rates, 
and Government accountability mechanisms and 
oversight, including current barriers to timely public 
disclosure and transparency. 
(b) ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS.— 
(1) ORGANIZATIONAL IMPACT ANALYSIS.—The 
study required by subsection (a) shall also include— 
(A) an examination of the reach of local 
interventions, the way local organizations and 
interventions work to fill systemic gaps to fill 
systemic gaps, and challenges in sustainability, 
infrastructure, and funding; and 
(B) recommendations for— 
(i) increasing support and additional 
funding to local Puerto Rican organiza-
tions; 
(ii) improving coordination between 
local, Commonwealth, and Federal entities; 
(iii) protecting grassroots leadership 
and survivor-centered solutions; and 
(iv) ensuring disaster-resilient service 
delivery. 
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(2) ANALYSIS
OF
GOVERNMENTAL
RESPONSE 
TO FEMICIDE.—Upon concluding the study required 
by subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall 
evaluate— 
(A) the Puerto Rican Government’s cur-
rent policies and institutional strategies to pre-
vent femicide and gender-based violence, with 
emphasis on analyzing— 
(i) public education campaigns; 
(ii) strategic plans and Executive or-
ders; and 
(iii) budget allocations and implemen-
tation status; 
(B) the effectiveness of education-focused 
governmental initiatives compared to— 
(i) law enforcement reform; 
(ii) survivor services and safe housing; 
(iii) judicial accountability; or 
(iv) mental health and trauma sup-
port; 
(C) the extent to which education-centered 
approaches address— 
(i) root causes versus symptoms; 
(ii) urgent protection versus long-term 
cultural change; or 
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(iii) urban versus rural disparities; 
and 
(D) the results of input from civil society, 
survivors, and impacted communities on effec-
tiveness, gaps, delays or displacement of inter-
ventions, including cases where civil society 
data or monitoring efforts identify inconsist-
encies with official reporting. 
(c) INCLUSION OF LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AND COM-
MUNITY PARTICIPANTS.—In carrying out the study re-
quired by subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall— 
(1) actively engage with Puerto Rican local or-
ganizations, such as— 
(A) women’s organizations and shelters; 
(B) LGBTQ+ advocacy groups; 
(C) survivor-led initiatives; 
(D) youth and disability rights advocates; 
and 
(E) academic institutions and researchers 
including entities that maintain independent 
monitoring or data-collection initiatives in the 
absence of formalized governmental systems; 
and 
(2) include as a part of such engagement— 
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(A) community roundtables and listening 
sessions; 
(B) inclusion in research design and data 
interpretation; and 
(C) opportunities for written and oral tes-
timony. 
SEC. 4. REPORT. 
(a) INTERIM REPORT.—The Comptroller General 
shall publish an interim report not later than 270 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, consisting of 
such findings as the Comptroller General may have 
reached, as of the date of the publication of the interim 
report, with respect to the study required by section 3(a) 
and the additional elements required by section 3(b). 
(b) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 540 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 
General shall submit to Congress and concurrently publish 
in a publicly available form in both English and Spanish 
a report that includes— 
(1) all findings from the study required by sec-
tion 3(a); 
(2) all additional elements required by section 
3(b); 
(3) disaggregation of the data and findings by 
municipality in Puerto Rico; 
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(4) the evidence-based recommendations of the 
Comptroller General with respect to— 
(A) enhancing or supplementing existing 
strategies to better balance prevention through 
education with structural reform and direct pro-
tections; 
(B) integrating education within a com-
prehensive, multi-sectoral strategy that incor-
porates law enforcement, health systems, social 
services, and emergency management; and 
(C) building transparent, measurable, and 
participatory 
oversight 
systems, 
including 
through periodic reporting, public dashboards, 
independent evaluations, and survivor feedback 
mechanisms, with particular attention to ensur-
ing sustained funding, public accessibility, and 
long-term maintenance of any recommended 
data systems; 
(5) a description of mechanisms for ongoing 
Federal and local collaboration; and 
(6) any other policy, funding, data infrastruc-
ture or other recommendations the Comptroller Gen-
eral determines appropriate, whether addressed to 
Federal entities or to agencies of the Commonwealth 
of Puerto Rico, as a result of concluding the study 
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and analysis required by section 3, including options 
for establishing or enhancing unified public data sys-
tem on gender-based violence in Puerto Rico. 
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