Section 1 Offices and personnel for sexual assault prevention and response within the Armed Forces
Offices under Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces required—
In general— Each Chief of Staff of an Armed Force specified in paragraph (2) shall establish and maintain within the office of such Chief of Staff an office on the sexual assault prevention and response program carried out by such Armed Force.
Chiefs of Staff— The Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces specified in this paragraph are as follows:
The Chief of Staff of the Army.
The Chief of Naval Operations.
The Chief of Staff of the Air Force.
The Commandant of the Marine Corps.
Head— The head of an office established under this subsection shall be selected by the Chief of Staff concerned from among members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees of the Department of Defense using the selection process used by the Chief of Staff to fill nominative billets.
Supervision and reporting— The head of an office established under this subsection shall be subject to the direct supervision of, and shall report directly to, the Chief of Staff concerned regarding the activities of the office and the sexual assault prevention and response program or programs of the Armed Force concerned.
Selection of sexual assault prevention and response personnel through nominative billet process— The head of each office established under this subsection shall ensure that any individual, whether a member of the Armed Forces or a civilian employee of the Department of Defense, who is selected for assignment in such office to a position that includes responsibility for sexual assault prevention and response within the Armed Forces is selected for assignment using a selection process used to fill nominative billets.
Reports on offices under the military departments—
In general— Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, each Secretary of a military department shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report setting forth an assessment of the feasibility and advisability of establishing and maintaining within the office of such Secretary an office on the sexual assault prevention and response program carried out by such military department.
Elements— Each assessment under paragraph (1) shall assume the following with respect to the office covered by such assessment:
That the head of the office shall be selected by the Secretary of the military department concerned from among members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees of the Department of Defense using the selection process used by such Secretary to fill nominative billets.
That the head of the office shall be subject to the direct supervision of, and shall report directly to, the Secretary of the military department concerned regarding the activities of the office and the sexual assault prevention and response program or programs of the military department.
That the head of the office shall ensure that any individual, whether a member of the Armed Forces or a civilian employee of the Department of Defense, who is selected for assignment in such office to a position that includes responsibility for sexual assault prevention and response within the Armed Forces is selected for assignment using a selection process used to fill nominative billets.
Report on selection of personnel for positions under Armed Forces programs— Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, each Secretary of a military department shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report setting forth an assessment of the feasibility and advisability of selecting the members of the Armed Forces and other personnel to be assigned to positions under the jurisdiction of such Secretary that include responsibility for sexual assault prevention and response within the Armed Forces, including Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Coordinators and Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Victim Advocates, through the selection process used by such military department to fill nominative billets.