A bill to provide for offices on sexual assault prevention and response under the Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces, to require reports on additional offices and selection of sexual assault prevention and response personnel, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-s-992
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2013-05-21
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses

Congressional oversight

Crime prevention

Crime victims

Crimes against women

Department of Defense

Executive agency funding and structure

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Military command and structure

Military personnel and dependents

Sex offenses
Latest action: action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Committee on Armed Services. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-320.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-05-21
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Requires each Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces to establish and maintain an office within such Chief of Staff on the sexual assault prevention and response program carried out by that armed force.</p> <p>Directs each military department Secretary to submit to the congressional defense committees an assessment of the feasibility and advisability of: (1) establishing such an office within each department, and (2) selecting members of the Armed Forces and department personnel to be assigned to positions that include responsibility for sexual assault prevention and response within the Armed Forces.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 992 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 21, 2013 Mrs. Shaheen (for herself and Mrs. Fischer ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To provide for offices on sexual assault prevention and response under the Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces, to require reports on additional offices and selection of sexual assault prevention and response personnel, and for other purposes.

1. Offices and personnel for sexual assault prevention and response within the Armed Forces (a) Offices under Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces required (1) In general Each Chief of Staff of an Armed Force specified in paragraph (2) shall establish and maintain within the office of such Chief of Staff an office on the sexual assault prevention and response program carried out by such Armed Force. (2) Chiefs of Staff The Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces specified in this paragraph are as follows: (A) The Chief of Staff of the Army. (B) The Chief of Naval Operations. (C) The Chief of Staff of the Air Force. (D) The Commandant of the Marine Corps. (3) Head The head of an office established under this subsection shall be selected by the Chief of Staff concerned from among members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees of the Department of Defense using the selection process used by the Chief of Staff to fill nominative billets. (4) Supervision and reporting The head of an office established under this subsection shall be subject to the direct supervision of, and shall report directly to, the Chief of Staff concerned regarding the activities of the office and the sexual assault prevention and response program or programs of the Armed Force concerned. (5) Selection of sexual assault prevention and response personnel through nominative billet process The head of each office established under this subsection shall ensure that any individual, whether a member of the Armed Forces or a civilian employee of the Department of Defense, who is selected for assignment in such office to a position that includes responsibility for sexual assault prevention and response within the Armed Forces is selected for assignment using a selection process used to fill nominative billets. (b) Reports on offices under the military departments (1) In general Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, each Secretary of a military department shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report setting forth an assessment of the feasibility and advisability of establishing and maintaining within the office of such Secretary an office on the sexual assault prevention and response program carried out by such military department. (2) Elements Each assessment under paragraph (1) shall assume the following with respect to the office covered by such assessment: (A) That the head of the office shall be selected by the Secretary of the military department concerned from among members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees of the Department of Defense using the selection process used by such Secretary to fill nominative billets. (B) That the head of the office shall be subject to the direct supervision of, and shall report directly to, the Secretary of the military department concerned regarding the activities of the office and the sexual assault prevention and response program or programs of the military department. (C) That the head of the office shall ensure that any individual, whether a member of the Armed Forces or a civilian employee of the Department of Defense, who is selected for assignment in such office to a position that includes responsibility for sexual assault prevention and response within the Armed Forces is selected for assignment using a selection process used to fill nominative billets. (c) Report on selection of personnel for positions under Armed Forces programs Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, each Secretary of a military department shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report setting forth an assessment of the feasibility and advisability of selecting the members of the Armed Forces and other personnel to be assigned to positions under the jurisdiction of such Secretary that include responsibility for sexual assault prevention and response within the Armed Forces, including Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Coordinators and Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Victim Advocates, through the selection process used by such military department to fill nominative billets.