Sec. 505. INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT OF RETENTION OF FEMALE SURFACE WARFARE OFFICERS

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## SEC. 505 INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT OF RETENTION OF FEMALE SURFACE WARFARE OFFICERS ###

(a)In General The Secretary of Defense shall seek to enter into an agreement with a nonprofit entity or a federally funded research and development center independent of the Department of Defense to conduct research and analysis on the gender gap in retention of surface warfare officers in the Navy. ###

(b)Elements The research and analysis conducted under subsection

(a)shall include consideration of the following: ####

(1)Demographics of surface warfare officers, disaggregated by gender, including— #####

(A)race; #####

(B)ethnicity; #####

(C)socioeconomic status; #####

(D)marital status (including whether the spouse is a member of the Armed Forces and, if so, the length of service of such spouse); #####

(E)whether the officer has children (including number and age or ages of children); #####

(F)whether an immediate family member serves or has served as a member of the Armed Forces; and #####

(G)the percentage of such officers who— ######

(i)indicate an intent to complete only an initial service agreement; and ######

(ii)complete only an initial service agreement. ####

(2)Whether there is a correlation between the number of female surface warfare officers serving on a vessel and responses of such officers to command climate surveys. ####

(3)An anonymous but traceable study of command climate results to— #####

(A)correlate responses from particular female surface warfare officers with resignation; and #####

(B)compare attitudes of first-tour and second-tour female surface warfare officers. ####

(4)Recommendations based on the findings under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3). ###

(c)Reports ####

(1)In general Not later than 270 days after the date on which a nonprofit entity or federally funded research and development center enters into an agreement under subsection

(a)with the Secretary of Defense, such entity or center shall submit to the Secretary of Defense a report on the results of the research and analysis under subsection (a). ####

(2)Submission to congress Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees each of the following: #####

(A)A copy of the report submitted under paragraph

(1)without change. #####

(B)Any comments, changes, recommendations, or other information provided by the Secretary of Defense relating to the research and analysis under subsection

(a)and contained in such report.