Sec. 7. Reports to Congress, the Department, and the public
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Not later than one year after the date of enactment, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Committee on Oversight and Reform of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations and Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report on allegations of harassment, discrimination, sexual assault, and related retaliation involving employees and officials of the Department of State during the preceding year. Any report submitted under paragraph
(1)shall be made available to— Department personnel on internal websites and town hall meetings; and to the general public on the Department’s public website. Each report under subsection (a)(1) shall contain the following: The number of instances of harassment, discrimination, sexual assault, and related retaliation against employees and officials of the Department of State, and the number of instances of harassment, discrimination, sexual assault, and related retaliation by employees and officials of the Department, that were reported to the Department during the year covered by such report, and the number of the cases so reported that were substantiated. The types of harassment and discrimination shall be disaggregated by category. A summary of types of charges of, and the disciplinary action taken, in each such resolved case, with identifying information of both the accused and complainant removed. The policies, procedures, and processes implemented by the Secretary of State during the year covered by each such report in response to incidents of harassment, discrimination, sexual assault, and related retaliation involving employees and officials of the Department of State. A plan for the actions that are to be taken in the year following the year covered by each such report on the prevention of and response to harassment, discrimination, sexual assault, and related retaliation involving employees and officials of the Department of State. Details on the average caseload of Department investigators handling harassment, discrimination, sexual assault, and related retaliation, to include the number of staff working, the average and median time to investigate cases, and the number of extensions requested by the Office of Civil Rights to conduct investigations past the 120-day timeframe. Details on the average caseload of Office of Employee Advocacy Employee Advocates and staff attorneys. Details on cases of bystander intervention where a bystander assisted to counter or report incidents of harassment, discrimination, sexual assault, and related retaliation. Detailed findings and underlying data of the climate surveys required in section 6 of this Act, including an independent assessment by the Chief Advocate, not subject to the Secretary of State, of the current climate at the Department of State with regard to harassment, discrimination, sexual assault, and related retaliation. Frequency with which those alleging harassment, discrimination, sexual assault, or related retaliation took advantage of supportive services, such as medical care or counseling. Each report under paragraph
(1)for each year beginning with 2021 shall also include an assessment by the Secretary of State of the implementation during the preceding fiscal year of the policies and procedures under section 2(a) of the Department of State on the prevention of and response to harassment, discrimination, sexual assault, and related retaliation involving employees and officials of the Department in order to determine the effectiveness of such policies and procedures during such fiscal year in providing an appropriate response to such harassment, discrimination, sexual assault, and related retaliation. Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to Congress a proposal for such changes and legislation as the Secretary considers necessary to enhance the capability of the Department of State to address matters relating to harassment, discrimination, sexual assault, and related retaliation involving covered employees. The report shall include recommendations for additional appropriations, as appropriate, to implement these changes.