Protecting our Servicemembers through Proven Methods Act of 2022
Bill: S.4367 | Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John (R-TX)
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
Protecting our Servicemembers through Proven Methods Act of 2022
This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to include in its annual primary prevention research agenda additional elements related to sexual assault, sexual harassment, and domestic violence. The bill also requires the Government Accountability Office to (1) compare DOD's sexual harassment and prevention training with similar programs at other federal departments and agencies, and (2) prepare a report on the findings.

To improve certain sexual assault and domestic violence prevention 
                               policies.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting our Servicemembers 
through Proven Methods Act of 2022''.

SEC. 2. ANNUAL PRIMARY PREVENTION RESEARCH AGENDA.

    Section 549A(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) as 
        paragraphs (5), (6), and (7), respectively;
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new 
        paragraphs:
            ``(2) include a focus on whether and to what extent sub-
        populations of the military community may be targeted for 
        sexual assault, sexual harassment, or domestic violence more 
        than others;
            ``(3) seek to identify factors that influence the 
        prevention, perpetration, and victimization of sexual assault, 
        sexual harassment, and domestic violence;
            ``(4) seek to improve the collection and dissemination of 
        data on hazing and bullying related to sexual assault, sexual 
        harassment, and domestic violence;''; and
            (3) in paragraph (6), as redesignated by paragraph (1) of 
        this section, by amending the text to read as follows:
            ``(6) incorporate collaboration with other Federal 
        departments and agencies, including the Department of Health 
        and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and 
        Prevention, State governments, academia, industry, federally 
        funded research and development centers, nonprofit 
        organizations, and other organizations outside of the 
        Department of Defense, including civilian institutions that 
        conduct similar data-driven studies, collection, and analysis; 
        and''.

SEC. 3. PRIMARY PREVENTION WORKFORCE.

    Section 549B of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the following 
        new paragraph:
            ``(3) Comptroller general report.--Not later than one year 
        after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, the 
        Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the 
        congressional defense committees a report comparing the sexual 
        harassment and prevention training of the Department of Defense 
        with similar programs at other Federal departments and agencies 
        and including data collected by colleges and universities and 
        other relevant outside entities.''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(e) Incorporation of Research and Findings.--The Primary 
Prevention Workforce established under subsection (a) shall, on a 
regular basis, incorporate findings and conclusions from the primary 
prevention research agenda established under section 549A, as 
appropriate, into the work of the workforce.''.
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