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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · H.R. 6395 (Engrossed in House) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military c... · Sec. 549

Sec. 549. Question in workplace and gender relations surveys regarding prosecutions of sexual assault

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Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall include in the covered surveys a question regarding whether a member of an Armed Force under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of a military department would be more willing to report a sexual assault if prosecution decisions were made by lawyers and not commanders. In this section, the term covered surveys means the workplace and gender relations surveys and focus groups administered by the Office of People Analytics of the Department of Defense, including— the Workplace and Gender Relations Survey of Active Duty Members; the Workplace and Gender Relations Survey of Reserve Component Members; the Military Service Gender Relations Focus Group; and any successor survey or focus group.
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