,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #iib  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,may #ba1 #bjac     
,mrs4 ,shaheen 7for herself and ,mrs4   
,fischer7 introduced the following bill2
 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 ,forces1 to require reports on   
additional offices and selection of     
sexual assault prevention and response  
personnel1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,offices and personnel for sexual       
assault prevention and response within  
the ,armed ,forces  7a7 ,offices under  
,chiefs of ,staff of the ,armed ,forces 
required  7#a7 ,in general ,each ,chief 
of ,staff of an ,armed ,force specified 
in paragraph 7#b7 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 ,force4     

7#b7 ,chiefs of ,staff ,the ,chiefs of  
,staff of the ,armed ,forces specified  
in this paragraph are as follows3  7,a7 
,the ,chief of ,staff of the ,army4     
7,b7 ,the ,chief of ,naval ,operations4 
7,c7 ,the ,chief of ,staff of the ,air  
,force4  7,d7 ,the ,commandant of the   
,marine ,corps4  7#c7 ,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 billets4  7#d7 ,supervision  
and reporting ,the head of an office    
established under this subsection shall 
be subject to the direct supervision of1
 and shall report directly to1 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       
concerned4  7#e7 ,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 individual1 whether a   
member of the ,armed ,forces or a       
civilian employee of the ,department of 
,defense1 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 billets4  7b7   
,reports on offices under the military  
departments  7#a7 ,in general ,not later
 than #ij days after the date of the    
enactment of this ,act1 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 department4
  7#b7 ,elements ,each assessment under 
paragraph 7#a7 shall assume the         
following with respect to the office    
covered by such assessment3  7,a7 ,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      
billets4  7,b7 ,that the head of the    
office shall be subject to the direct   
supervision of1 and shall report        
directly to1 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     
department4  7,c7 ,that the head of the 
office shall ensure that any individual1
 whether a member of the ,armed ,forces 

or a civilian employee of the           
,department of ,defense1 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 billets4  7c7 ,report on     
selection of personnel for positions    
under ,armed ,forces programs ,not later
 than #ij days after the date of the    
enactment of this ,act1 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 ,forces1 including ,sexual   

,assault ,prevention and ,response      
,coordinators and ,sexual ,assault      
,prevention and ,response ,victim       
,advocates1 through the selection       
process used by such military department
 to fill nominative billets4