Sec. 3. GAO report on sexual harassment
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The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a review and analysis of the monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of the Treasury, and the Department of Justice, of compliance with the prohibitions under the Fair Housing Act ( 42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.) and applicable regulations regarding harassment on the basis of sex, which shall include— identifying and determining the effectiveness of— any mechanisms used by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and all relevant program offices of the Department, including the Office of Public and Indian Housing and the Office of Community Planning and Development, to identify the extent to which applicants for or participants in programs for covered housing are being subjected to such harassment; any actions that the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of the Treasury, and the Department of Justice, including all relevant program offices within such agencies, are taking in response to complaints by such applicants and participants regarding such harassment to prevent such harassment in the future; and any policies and resources, of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Justice, including all relevant program offices within such agencies, and public housing agencies, that are currently in effect or are currently available, respectively, to serve applicants for or participants in programs for covered housing who are victims of sexual harassment; and determining whether there are differences in the methods by which State and local agencies assisted under the Fair Housing Assistance Program handle claims regarding harassment on the basis of sex and whether such differences yield different results for similar claims.
Not later than the expiration of the 18-month period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Congress a report regarding the review and analysis conducted pursuant to subsection (a), which shall include assessments of the effectiveness of the mechanisms and actions referred to in paragraphs
(1)and (2), respectively, of subsection
(a)and recommendations for additional actions, as appropriate, to better monitor and enforce compliance with the prohibitions under the Fair Housing Act and applicable regulations regarding harassment on the basis of sex.
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