ents, in relevant surveys conducted by the National 
Center for Science and Engineering Statistics and 
other relevant entities. 
SEC. 6. RESPONSIBLE CONDUCT GUIDE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall enter into 
an agreement with the Academies to update the report en-
titled ‘‘On Being a Scientist: A Guide to Responsible Con-
duct in Research’’ issued by the Academies. The report, 
as so updated, shall include— 
(1) updated professional standards of conduct 
in research; 
(2) standards of treatment individuals can ex-
pect to receive under such updated standards of con-
duct; 
(3) evidence-based practices for fostering a cli-
mate intolerant of sexual harassment; 
(4) methods, including bystander intervention, 
for identifying and addressing incidents of sexual 
harassment; and 
(5) professional standards for mentorship and 
teaching with an emphasis on preventing sexual har-
assment. 
(b) RECOMMENDATIONS.—In updating the report 
under subsection (a), the Academies shall take into ac-
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count recommendations made in the report issued by the 
Academies in 2018 entitled ‘‘Sexual Harassment of 
Women: Climate, Culture, and Consequences in Academic 
Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’’ and other relevant 
studies and evidence. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 16 months after the ef-
fective date of the contract under subsection (a), the Acad-
emies, as part of such agreement, shall submit to the Di-
rector and the Committee on Science, Space, and Tech-
nology of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate 
the report referred to in such subsection, as updated pur-
suant to such subsection. 
SEC. 7. INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Office Science 
and Technology Policy, acting through the National 
Science and Technology Council, shall establish an inter-
agency working group for the purpose of coordinating 
Federal science agency efforts to reduce the prevalence of 
sexual harassment involving grant personnel. The working 
group shall be chaired by the Director of the Office of 
Science and Technology Policy (or the Director’s designee) 
and shall include a representative from each Federal 
science agency with annual extramural research expendi-
tures totaling over $1,000,000,000. 
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(b) RESPONSIBILITIES OF WORKING GROUP.—The 
interagency working group established under subsection 
(a) shall coordinate Federal science agency efforts to im-
plement the policy guidelines developed under subsection 
(c)(2). 
(c) RESPONSIBILITIES OF OSTP.—The Director of 
the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall— 
(1) not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, submit to the Committee on 
Science, Space, and Technology of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate an inven-
tory of Federal science agency policies, procedures, 
and resources dedicated to preventing and respond-
ing to reports of sexual harassment; and 
(2) not later than 6 months after the date on 
which the inventory is submitted under paragraph 
(1)— 
(A) in consultation with outside stake-
holders, develop a uniform set of policy guide-
lines for Federal science agencies; and 
(B) submit a report to the committees re-
ferred to in paragraph (1) containing such 
guidelines; 
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(3) encourage and monitor efforts of Federal 
science agencies to develop or maintain and imple-
ment policies based on the guidelines developed 
under paragraph (2); 
(4) not later than 1 year after the date on 
which the inventory under paragraph (1) is sub-
mitted, and every 5 years thereafter, the Director of 
the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall re-
port to Congress on the implementation by Federal 
science agencies of the policy guidelines developed 
under paragraph (2); and 
(5) update such policy guidelines as needed. 
(d) REQUIREMENTS.—In developing policy guidelines 
under subsection (c)(2), the Director of the Office of 
Science and Technology Policy shall include guidelines 
that require— 
(1) the protection of the privacy of targets of 
sexual harassment throughout the reporting and dis-
ciplinary process; 
(2) grantees to submit to the Federal science 
agency or agencies from which the grantees receive 
funding reports relating to— 
(A) findings of sexual harassment; and 
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(B) any decisions made to place grant per-
sonnel on administrative leave related to any 
sexual harassment investigation; and 
(3) the sharing and archiving of reports of sex-
ual harassment from grantees submitted under para-
graph (1) with Federal science agencies on a quar-
terly basis. 
(e) CONSIDERATIONS.—In developing policy guide-
lines under subsection (c)(2), the Director of the Office 
of Science and Technology Policy shall consider guidelines 
that— 
(1) require grantees to periodically assess their 
organizational climate using climate surveys, focus 
groups, and exit interviews; 
(2) require grantees to publish on a publicly 
available Internet website the results of assessments 
conducted pursuant to paragraph (1), disaggregated 
by gender and, if possible, race, ethnicity, disability 
status, and sexual orientation; 
(3) require grantees to make public on an an-
nual basis the number of reports of sexual harass-
ment at each such institution; 
(4) require grantees to regularly assess and im-
prove policies, procedures, and interventions to re-
duce the prevalence of sexual harassment; 
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