A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to submit an annual report on certain out-of-cycle or premature personnel transfers.

This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to report on the number and nature of out-of-cycle or premature personnel transfers carried out during the preceding fiscal year for specified individuals as a result of such individuals or their dependents being affected by certain issues.

Specifically, the report must focus on members of the Armed Forces on active duty, members of the Armed Forces in a reserve component, members of the National Guard, and civilian employees of DOD or dependents of the listed individuals who are being affected by (1) sexual assault or sexual harassment; (2) humanitarian or compassionate requests; (3) discrimination, harassment, bullying, reprisals, or threats based on the race, color, national origin, religion, sex (including gender identity) or sexual orientation of such individuals or dependents; (4) medical issues, including lack of access to care; or (6) child custody agreements.

Each report must be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified annex to protect sensitive information. Additionally, the reports must exclude personally identifiable information. 

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2532 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2532

   To require the Secretary of Defense to submit an annual report on 
         certain out-of-cycle or premature personnel transfers.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 26, 2023

Mrs. Feinstein introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require the Secretary of Defense to submit an annual report on 
         certain out-of-cycle or premature personnel transfers.

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

SECTION 1. REPORTS ON CERTAIN OUT-OF-CYCLE AND PREMATURE PERSONNEL 
              TRANSFERS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than December 1, 2025, and each December 
1 thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees, and any other committee of Congress 
the Secretary considers appropriate, a report detailing the number and 
nature of out-of-cycle or premature personnel transfers carried out 
during the preceding fiscal year for individuals described in 
subsection (b) as a result of such individuals, or the dependents of 
such individuals, being affected by--
            (1) sexual assault;
            (2) sexual harassment;
            (3) humanitarian or compassionate requests;
            (4) discrimination, harassment, bullying, reprisals, or 
        threats based on the race, color, national origin, religion, 
        sex (including gender identity), or sexual orientation of such 
        individuals or dependents;
            (5) medical issues, including lack of access to care for 
        such individuals or dependents at their current duty location; 
        or
            (6) child custody arrangements.
    (b) Individual Described.--An individual described in this 
subsection is an individual who is--
            (1) a member of the Armed Forces on active duty;
            (2) a member of the Armed Forces in a reserve component;
            (3) a member of the National Guard; or
            (4) a civilian employee of the Department of Defense.
    (c) Elements.--Each report required by subsection (a) shall include 
the following for the preceding fiscal year:
            (1) The total number of personnel transfers for each reason 
        described in paragraphs (1) through (6) of subsection (a).
            (2) Demographic information of each individual involved in 
        such a transfer, including the age, gender, and military rank 
        or civilian pay grade of the individual.
            (3) An analysis of the geographic distribution of such 
        transfers.
            (4) For each such transfer, the branch or component of the 
        Department of Defense to which the individual concerned was 
        transferred.
            (5) A description of any trend or pattern identified in the 
        data, including recurring issues or areas of concern.
            (6) An estimate of the total cost of such transfers.
    (d) Form.--Each report required by subsection (a) shall be 
submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified annex, as 
necessary to protect sensitive information.
    (e) Privacy.--To ensure the privacy of military personnel, 
personally identifiable information shall not be included in any report 
under this section.
    (f) Public Availability.--The Secretary shall make each report 
required by subsection (a) available to the public on the internet 
website of the Department of Defense.
    (g) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Out-of-cycle or premature.--With respect to a personnel 
        transfer, the term ``out-of-cycle or premature'' means an 
        assignment action taken in advance of the originally scheduled 
        or anticipated rotation date of the personnel concerned.
            (2) Personnel transfer.--The term ``personnel transfer'' 
        includes a permanent change of duty station, temporary duty 
        assignment, reassignment, permanent change of assignment, and 
        any other movement of military personnel within the Department 
        of Defense.
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