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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.