,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #adcb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #ac1      
#bjai,mr4 ,johnson 7for himself and ,ms4
 ,ernst7 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 
those 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 
,definitions ,in this ,act-- 7#a7 the   
term harmonize includes coordinating the
 collection of data on sexual violence  
by ,federal agencies to produce         
complementary information1 as           

appropriate1 without compromising       
programmatic needs2  7#b7 the term      
sexual violence includes any unwanted   
sexual act1 regardless of whether the   
act involves physical contact1 about    
which the ,federal ,government collects 
data2 and  7#c7 the term ,working ,group
 means the interagency working group    
established by the ,director of the     
,office of ,management and ,budget under
 subsection 7b74  7b7 ,establishment    
,not later than #ahj days after the date
 of enactment of this ,act1 the         
,director of the ,office of ,management 
and ,budget shall establish an          
interagency working group to-- 7#a7     
study ,federal efforts to collect data  
on sexual violence2 and  7#b7 make      
recommendations on the harmonization of 
,federal efforts to collect data on     
sexual violence4  7c7 ,composition ,the 
,working ,group shall be composed of not
 less than #a representative1 who shall 
be selected by the head of the ,federal 
agency of which the representative is a 

representative1 from each of the        
following ,federal agencies3 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  7d7 ,duties  
,in carrying out the purposes of the    
,working ,group described in subsection 
7b71 the ,working ,group shall-- 7#a7   
consider-- 7,a7 what acts constitute    
different acts of sexual violence2  7,b7
 whether ,federal reports that use the  
same terms for acts of sexual violence  
are collecting the same data on those   
acts2  7,c7 whether the context in which
 an act of sexual violence occurs should
 impact how that act is accounted for in
 a ,federal report2  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 measurement2  7,e7 
steps that ,federal agencies that       

collect data on or compile ,federal     
reports relating to sexual violence can 
take to avoid double counting any       
incident of sexual violence in a single 
,federal report2  7,f7 best practices   
for collecting data on acts of sexual   
violence2  7,g7 the extent to which     
,federal efforts to collect data on     
sexual violence incorporate the best    
practices described in subparagraph     
7,f72  7,h7 steps that ,federal agencies
 that collect data on sexual violence   
can take to ensure that ,federal reports
 on sexual violence are able to provide 
comparisons to data contained in        
,federal reports on sexual violence for 
prior years if changes are made to the  
methodology used to prepare those       
,federal reports2 and  7,i7 steps that  
,federal agencies that collect data on  
sexual violence can take to harmonize   
,federal efforts to collect data on     
sexual violence2 and  7#b7 consult with 
stakeholders that have-- 7,a7 expertise 
in the study of sexual violence2 or     

7,b7 experience working with victims of 
sexual violence4  7e7 ,report required  
,not later than #b years after the date 
of enactment of this ,act1 the ,working 
,group shall publish and submit to      
,congress a report that contains-- 7#a7 
a description of the activities of the  
,working ,group2  7#b7 the findings and 
recommendations of the ,working ,group  
with respect to each of the topics      
described in subsection 7d77#a71        
including the findings and              
recommendations of the ,working ,group  
relating to harmonizing ,federal efforts
 to collect data on sexual violence2 and
  7#c7 the recommendations of the       
,working ,group relating to actions that
 ,federal agencies and ,congress can    
take to implement the recommendations   
described in paragraph 7#b74  7f7       
,termination ,the ,working ,group shall 
terminate #cj days after the date on    
which the ,working ,group submits the   
report under subsection 7e74