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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6210 
To direct the Secretary of Defense to report to Congress on the status 
of the implementation of certain recommendations of the Independent 
Review Commission on Sexual Assault in the Military, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 9, 2021 
Mr. BROWN of Maryland introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Defense to report to Congress 
on the status of the implementation of certain rec-
ommendations of the Independent Review Commission 
on Sexual Assault in the Military, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Oversight of Inde-
pendent Review Commission Recommendations Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF CERTAIN REC-
OMMENDATIONS OF THE INDEPENDENT RE-
VIEW COMMISSION ON SEXUAL ASSAULT IN 
THE MILITARY. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report on status of the implementation of 
the recommendations specified in subsection (c). 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report under subsection (a) 
shall include the following: 
(1) A description of the status of the implemen-
tation of each recommendation specified in sub-
section (c), including— 
(A) whether, how, and to what extent the 
recommendation has been implemented; 
(B) any rules, regulations, policies, or 
other guidance that have been issued, revised, 
changed, or cancelled as a result of the imple-
mentation of the recommendation; and 
(C) any impediments to the implementa-
tion of the recommendation. 
(2) For each recommendation specified in sub-
section (c) that has not been fully implemented or 
superseded by statute as of the date of the report, 
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a plan for the implementation of the recommenda-
tion, including identification of— 
(A) intermediate actions, milestone dates, 
and the expected completion date for implemen-
tation of the recommendation; and 
(B) any rules, regulations, policies, or 
other guidance that are expected to be issued, 
revised, changed, or cancelled as a result of the 
implementation of the recommendation. 
(3) Any statutory changes identified as nec-
essary to fully implement the recommendations spec-
ified in subsection (c). 
(c) 
RECOMMENDATIONS
SPECIFIED.—The 
rec-
ommendations specified in this subsection are the fol-
lowing, as set forth in the report of the Independent Re-
view Commission on Sexual Assault in the Military titled 
‘‘Hard Truths and the Duty to Change: Recommendations 
from the Independent Review Commission on Sexual As-
sault in the Military’’, and dated July 2, 2021: 
(1) Each recommendation under the heading 
‘‘Line of Effort 1: Accountability’’ as set forth in 
section III such report. 
(2) Each recommendation under the heading 
‘‘Line of Effort 2: Prevention’’ as set forth in sec-
tion III such report. 
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(3) Each recommendation under the heading 
‘‘Line of Effort 3: Climate and Culture’’ as set forth 
in section III of such report. 
(4) Each recommendation under the heading 
‘‘Line of Effort 4: Victim Care and Support’’ as set 
forth in section III of such report. 
(d) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate con-
gressional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 
the House of Representatives. 
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