,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #ebca  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #ab1 
#bjbb ,mr4 ,cornyn 7for himself and ,ms4
 ,sinema7 introduced the following bill2
 which was read twice and referred to   
the ,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a  
,,bill  ,to provide for a primary       
prevention research agenda and          
workforce4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,protecting our     
,servicemembers through ,proven ,methods
 ,act of #bjbb4  #edg4 ,primary         
prevention research agenda and workforce
  7a7 ,annual primary prevention        
research agenda ,section #edi;,a7c7 of  
the ,national ,defense ,authorization   
,act for ,fiscal ,year #bjbb 7,public   
,law #aag-ha2 #ace ,stat4 #agbb7 is     
amended--  7#a7 by redesignating        
paragraphs 7#b71 7#c71 and 7#d7 as      
paragraphs 7#e71 7#f71 and 7#g71        
respectively2  7#b7 by inserting after  
paragraph 7#a7 the following new        
paragraphs3  7#b7 include a focus on    

whether and to what extent              
sub-populations of the military         
community may be targeted for           
interpersonal violence more than others2
  7#c7 seek to identify factors that    
influence the prevention1 perpetration1 
and victimization of interpersonal and  
self-directed violence2  7#d7 seek to   
improve the collection and dissemination
 of data on hazing and bullying related 
to interpersonal and self-directed      
violence2  2 and  7#c7 by amending      
paragraph 7#f71 as redesignated by      
paragraph 7#a7 of this section1 to read 
as follows3  7#f7 incorporate           
collaboration with other ,federal       
departments and agencies1 including the 
,department of ,health and ,human       
,services and the ,centers for ,disease 
,control and ,prevention1 ,state        
governments1 academia1 industry1        
federally funded research and           
development centers1 nonprofit          
organizations1 and other organizations  
outside of the ,department of ,defense1 

including civilian institutions that    
conduct similar data-driven studies1    
collection1 and analysis2 and  4  7b7   
,primary ,prevention ,workforce ,section
 #edi;,b of the ,national ,defense      
,authorization ,act for ,fiscal ,year   
#bjbb 7,public ,law #aag-ha2 #ace ,stat4
 #agbb7 is amended--  7#a7 in subsection
 7c7-- 7,a7 in paragraph 7#b71 by       
striking subsection 7a7 and inserting   
paragraph 7#a72 and  7,b7 by adding at  
the end the following new paragraph3    
7#c7 ,comptroller ,general report ,not  
later than one year after the date of   
the enactment of this paragraph1 the    
,comptroller ,general of the ,united    
,states shall submit to the             
congressional defense committees a      
report that--  7,a7 compares the sexual 
harassment and prevention training of   
the ,department of ,defense with similar
 programs at other departments and      
agencies of the ,federal ,government2   
and  7,b7 includes relevant data        
collected by colleges and universities  

and other relevant outside entities on  
hazing and bullying and interpersonal   
and self-directed violence4  2 and  7#b7
 by adding at the end the following new 
subsection3  7e7 ,incorporation of      
research and findings ,the ,secretary of
 ,defense shall ensure that the findings
 and conclusions from the primary       
prevention research agenda established  
under section #edi;,a are regularly     
incorporated1 as appropriate1 within the
 primary prevention workforce           
established under subsection 7a74  4