,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bcdi  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,january #bi1  
#bjah,mrs4 ,mc,caskill 7for herself and 
,mr4 ,johnson7 introduced the following 
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,homeland ,security
 and ,governmental ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  
,to direct the ,director of the ,office 
of ,management and ,budget to establish 
an interagency working group to study   
,federal efforts to collect data on     
sexual violence and to make             
recommendations on the harmonization of 
such efforts1 and for other purposes4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,improve ,data on ,sexual       
,violence ,act4  #b4 ,interagency       
working group to study ,federal efforts 
to collect data on sexual violence  7a7 
,establishment ,not later than #ahj days
 after the date of the enactment of this
 ,act1 the ,director of the ,office of  
,management and ,budget shall establish 
an interagency working group 7in this   

section referred to as the ,working     
,group7 to study ,federal efforts to    
collect data on sexual violence and to  
make recommendations on the             
harmonization of such efforts4  7b7     
,composition ,the ,working ,group shall 
be comprised of at least one            
representative from the following       
agencies1 who shall be selected by the  
head of that agency3  7#a7 ,the ,centers
 for ,disease ,control and ,prevention4 
7#b7 ,the ,department of ,defense4  7#c7
 ,the ,department of ,education4  7#d7  
,the ,department of ,health and ,human  
,services4  7#e7 ,the ,department of    
,justice4  7c7 ,duties ,the ,working    
,group shall consider the following3    
7#a7 ,what activity constitutes         
different acts of sexual violence4  7#b7
 ,whether reports that use the same     
terms for acts of sexual violence are   
collecting the same data on these acts4 
7#c7 ,whether the context which lead to 
an act of sexual violence should impact 
how that act is accounted for in        

reports4  7#d7 ,whether the data        
collected is presented in a way that    
allows the general public to understand 
what acts of sexual violence are        
included in each measurement4  7#e7     
,steps that agencies that compile       
reports relating to sexual violence can 
take to avoid double counting incidents 
of sexual violence4  7d7 ,report        
required ,not later than #b years after 
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
the ,working ,group shall publish and   
submit to ,congress a report on the     
following3  7#a7 ,the activities of the 
,working ,group4  7#b7 ,recommendations 
to harmonize ,federal efforts to collect
 data on sexual violence4  7#c7 ,actions
 ,federal agencies can take to implement
 the recommendations described in       
paragraph 7#b74  7#d7 ,recommendations  
for congressional action to implement   
the recommendations described in        
paragraph 7#b74  7e7 ,termination ,the  
,working ,group shall terminate #cj days
 after the date on which the report is  

submitted pursuant to subsection 7d74   
7f7 ,definitions ,in this ,act3 7#a7    
,harmonize ,the term harmonize includes 
efforts to coordinate sexual violence   
data collection to produce complementary
 information1 as appropriate1 without   
compromising programmatic needs4  7#b7  
,sexual violence ,the term sexual       
violence includes an unwanted sexual act
 7including both contact and            
non-contact7 about which the ,federal   
,government collects information4