Sec. 575. Annual report on allegations of sexual misconduct in JROTC programs
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Section 2031 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by section 572 of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: Not later than March 31, 2024, and annually thereafter through March 31, 2029, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on allegations of sexual misconduct, sexual harassment, and sex discrimination in JROTC programs during the preceding year. Each report required under paragraph
(1)shall set forth the following: The number of reported allegations of violations under title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 ( 20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq. ) in school-affiliated JROTC programs, including— the number of such reported allegations that were investigated; the outcome of those investigations; and the number of such reported allegations by State, the District of Columbia, or overseas location where these reports occurred. The number of reports that the Department of Defense or military services have received during the reporting period involving allegations of acts of violence, including sexual abuse or harassment, by instructors against students in the JROTC program, including— the offense involved; the military service involved; the number of instructors and number of allegations they each received; the number of reports of sexual misconduct and harassment that have been investigated; the number of reports or investigations that have led to the removal of instructors from JROTC programs; and the number of such reported allegations by State, the District of Columbia, or overseas location where these reports occurred. Any steps the Department of Defense has taken to mitigate sexual misconduct and harassment in JROTC programs during the preceding year. Each report required under paragraph
(1)shall be submitted in unclassified form and may not be marked as controlled unclassified information. The Secretary shall annually report to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives regarding compliance with this subsection by the JROTC program, including an up-to-date report on the Secretary’s monitoring of such compliance. The Secretary may seek the advice and counsel of the Attorney General and the Secretary of Health and Human Services concerning the development and dissemination to the JROTC program of best practices information about preventing and responding to incidents of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, including elements of institutional policies that have proven successful based on evidence-based outcome measurements. No officer, employee, or agent of an institution participating in any program under this chapter shall retaliate, intimidate, threaten, coerce, or otherwise discriminate against any individual for exercising their rights or responsibilities under any provision of this subsection. .
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