,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #deed  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #bg1      
#bjai,ms4 ,brownley of ,california      
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,veterans' ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 
to direct the ,secretary of ,veterans   
,affairs to establish and implement a   
comprehensive anti-harassment and       
anti-sexual assault policy of the       
,department of ,veterans ,affairs4  #a4 
,anti-harassment and anti-sexual assault
 policy of the ,department of ,veterans 
,affairs  7a7 ,in general ,subchapter   
,,ii of chapter #e of title #ch1 ,united
 ,states ,code1 is amended by adding at 
the end the following new section3      
#ecc4 ,anti-harassment and anti-sexual  
assault policy  7a7 ,establishment ,the 
,secretary of ,veterans ,affairs shall  
establish a comprehensive policy to end 
harassment and sexual assault1 including
 sexual and gender-based harassment1 at 

all facilities of the ,department of    
,veterans ,affairs4 ,this policy shall  
include the following3  7#a7 ,responses 
to incidents of harassment and sexual   
assault committed by any veteran or     
other public visitor within a facility  
of the ,department4  7#b7 ,responses to 
incidents of harassment and sexual      
assault of any veteran or other public  
visitor within a facility of the        
,department4  7#c7 ,a process for       
reporting and responding to harassment  
and sexual assault described in         
paragraph 7#a74  7#d7 ,a process for    
reporting and responding to harassment  
and sexual assault described in         
paragraph 7#b74  7#e7 ,a mandatory      
reporting requirement applicable to any 
employee or contractor of the           
,department who witnesses harassment or 
sexual assault within a facility of the 
,department4  7#f7 ,mandatory annual    
training for employees and contractors  
of the ,department regarding how to     
report and address harassment and sexual

 assault described in paragraphs 7#a7   
and 7#b74  7#g7 ,annual distribution of 
anti-harassment and anti-sexual assault 
educational materials by mail or email  
to each individual entitled to a benefit
 under a law administered by the        
,secretary4  7#h7 ,the prominent display
 of anti-harassment and anti-sexual     
assault messages in each facility of the
 ,department1 including how to report   
harassment and sexual assault at such   
facility4  7#i7 ,the posting of         
anti-harassment and anti-sexual assault 
banners on websites of the ,department1 
including e,benefits4va4gov and         
my,health,e,vet4va4gov4  7b7 ,points of 
contact ,the ,secretary shall designate1
 as a point of contact to receive       
reports of harassment and sexual        
assault--  7#a7 at least one individual 
at each facility of the ,department1    
with regards to that facility2  7#b7 at 
least one individual employed in each   
,veterans ,integrated ,service ,network 
7,,visn71 with regards to facilities in 

that ,,visn2 and  7#c7 at least one     
individual employed at the ,central     
,office of the ,department to track     
reports of harassment across the        
,department1 disaggregated by facility4 
7c7 ,reporting ,the ,secretary of       
,veterans ,affairs shall submit to the  
,committees on ,veterans' ,affairs of   
the ,senate and the ,house of           
,representatives an annual report on    
harassment and sexual assault in        
facilities of the ,department4 ,each    
such report shall include the following3
  7#a7 ,results of harassment and sexual
 assault programming1 including the ,end
 ,harassment program4  7#b7 ,results of 
studies from the ,women's ,health       
,practice ,based ,research ,network     
related to harassment and sexual        
assault4  7#c7 ,data collected on       
incidents of sexual harassment and      
sexual assault4  7#d7 ,a description of 
any actions taken by the ,secretary     
during the year preceding the date of   
the report to stop harassment and sexual

 assault at facilities of the           
,department4  7#e7 ,an assessment of the
 implementation of the training required
 in subsection 7a77#e74  7#f7 ,a list of
 resources the ,secretary determines    
necessary to prevent harassment and     
sexual assault at facilities of the     
,department4  4  7b7 ,technical         
amendment ,the table of sections at the 
beginning of such chapter is amended by 
adding after the item relating to       
section #ecb the following new item3    
#ecc4 ,anti-harassment and anti-sexual  
assault policy4  4  7c7 ,deadline ,the  
,secretary shall carry out section #ecc 
of such title1 as added by subsection   
7a71 not later than #ahj days after the 
date of enactment of this ,act4