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H.R. 6636 — what changed

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Sexual Harassment and Assault Prevention Improvements Act of 2020

From Introduced in House to Reported in House. 2 sections amended between Introduced in House and Reported in House.

Sec. 4 Comprehensive policy on prevention of and response to sexual assaults

(a)
Covered personnel— Section 3542(a) (130 Stat. 2801) is amended—
(1)
by striking “Not later” and inserting the following:

changed “(1) In general—Not Later”later”

(2)
by adding at the end the following:

“(2) Included personnel—The individuals who work with or conduct business on behalf of the Administration referred to in paragraph (1) include the individuals described in section 3541(a)(2).”

(b)
Mechanism for anonymous reporting of incidents— Section 3542(b)(5)(B) (130 Stat. 2801) is amended to read as follows:

“(B) incidents of sexual assault can be anonymously reported to the program established under section 3541(b)(1).”

(c)
Victim advocates—
(1)
In general— Section 3542(c)(2) (130 Stat. 2802) is amended to read as follows:

“(2) Victim advocates—For purposes of this subsection, a victim advocate is a full-time permanent employee of the Administration trained in and responsible solely for matters relating to sexual assault and the comprehensive policy developed under subsection (a).”

(2)
changed Location— Section 3542(c)(4) (130 Stat. 2802) is amended by inserting “full-time” “full time” after “stationed”.

Sec. 7 Conforming and clerical amendments

(a)
Conforming amendments— Subtitle C of title XXXV of Public Law 114–328 (130 Stat. 2800 et seq.; 33 U.S.C. 894 et seq.) is amended—
(1)
by striking the term “victims” each place it appears and inserting “survivors”;
(2)
in section 3541(b)(2)(B), by striking “victim” and inserting “target of sexual harassment”;
(3)
in section 3542(c)(5)(A), by striking “victim of” and inserting “survivor of”;
(4)
in section 3543—
(A)
in the heading, by striking “victim” and inserting “survivor”; and
(B)
by striking “victim” and inserting “survivor”;
(5)
in section 3544—
(A)
in subsection (a)—
(i)
by striking “victims” and inserting “survivors”; and
(ii)
in paragraph (1), by striking “was” each place such term appears and inserting “is”; and
(B)
by striking “victim” each place such term appears and inserting “survivor”.
(b)
changed Clerical amendment— Each of the tables of contents in section 1(b) 2(b) and at the beginning of title XXXV of Public Law 114–328 (130 Stat. 2000, 2773) is amended by striking the items relating to sections 3546 and 3547 and inserting the following:amended—
(1)
added by striking the item relating to section 3543 and inserting the following:
(2)
added by striking the items relating to sections 3546 and 3547 and inserting the following: