Oversight of Independent Review Commission Recommendations Act

Oversight of Independent Review Commission Recommendations Act

This bill requires the Department of Defense to report on the status of the implementation of specified recommendations set forth in the July 2, 2021, report by the Independent Review Commission on Sexual Assault in the Military titled Hard Truths and the Duty to Change: Recommendations from the Independent Review Commission on Sexual Assault in the Military.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6210 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6210

To direct the Secretary of Defense to report to Congress on the status 
  of the implementation of certain recommendations of the Independent 
  Review Commission on Sexual Assault in the Military, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 9, 2021

Mr. Brown of Maryland introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                   to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Secretary of Defense to report to Congress on the status 
  of the implementation of certain recommendations of the Independent 
  Review Commission on Sexual Assault in the Military, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Oversight of Independent Review 
Commission Recommendations Act''.

SEC. 2. REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF CERTAIN RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE 
              INDEPENDENT REVIEW COMMISSION ON SEXUAL ASSAULT IN THE 
              MILITARY.

    (a) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees a report on status of the 
implementation of the recommendations specified in subsection (c).
    (b) Elements.--The report under subsection (a) shall include the 
following:
            (1) A description of the status of the implementation of 
        each recommendation specified in subsection (c), including--
                    (A) whether, how, and to what extent the 
                recommendation has been implemented;
                    (B) any rules, regulations, policies, or other 
                guidance that have been issued, revised, changed, or 
                cancelled as a result of the implementation of the 
                recommendation; and
                    (C) any impediments to the implementation of the 
                recommendation.
            (2) For each recommendation specified in subsection (c) 
        that has not been fully implemented or superseded by statute as 
        of the date of the report, a plan for the implementation of the 
        recommendation, including identification of--
                    (A) intermediate actions, milestone dates, and the 
                expected completion date for implementation of the 
                recommendation; and
                    (B) any rules, regulations, policies, or other 
                guidance that are expected to be issued, revised, 
                changed, or cancelled as a result of the implementation 
                of the recommendation.
            (3) Any statutory changes identified as necessary to fully 
        implement the recommendations specified in subsection (c).
    (c) Recommendations Specified.--The recommendations specified in 
this subsection are the following, as set forth in the report of the 
Independent Review Commission on Sexual Assault in the Military titled 
``Hard Truths and the Duty to Change: Recommendations from the 
Independent Review Commission on Sexual Assault in the Military'', and 
dated July 2, 2021:
            (1) Each recommendation under the heading ``Line of Effort 
        1: Accountability'' as set forth in section III such report.
            (2) Each recommendation under the heading ``Line of Effort 
        2: Prevention'' as set forth in section III such report.
            (3) Each recommendation under the heading ``Line of Effort 
        3: Climate and Culture'' as set forth in section III of such 
        report.
            (4) Each recommendation under the heading ``Line of Effort 
        4: Victim Care and Support'' as set forth in section III of 
        such report.
    (d) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this section, 
the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
            (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
        Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and
            (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
        Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
        Representatives.
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