II 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 1799 To professionalize the position of Sexual Assault Response Coordinator in the military, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MAY 25, 2021 Mr. HAWLEY (for himself, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. CARDIN, and Ms. ERNST) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and re- ferred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To professionalize the position of Sexual Assault Response Coordinator in the military, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Professionalizing the 4 Sexual Assault Response Coordinator Act of 2021’’. 5 SEC. 2. SEXUAL ASSAULT RESPONSE COORDINATOR MILI- 6 TARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY. 7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 8 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 9 shall submit to the congressional defense committees a re- 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:56 Jun 08, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1799.IS S1799 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •S 1799 IS port on the optimal execution of a Sexual Assault Re- 1 sponse Coordinator (SARC) Military Occupational Spe- 2 cialty (MOS). 3 (b) ELEMENTS.—The report required under sub- 4 section (a) shall include the following elements: 5 (1) A recommendation on the required rank 6 and experience of a SARC MOS. 7 (2) Recommendations for strengthening recruit- 8 ment and retention of members of the Armed Forces 9 of the required rank and experience identified under 10 paragraph (1), including— 11 (A) designating SARC as a secondary 12 MOS instead of a primary MOS; 13 (B) providing initial or recurrent bonuses 14 or duty stations of choice to service members 15 who qualify for the SARC MOS; 16 (C) limiting the amount of time that a 17 service member who has qualified for the SARC 18 MOS can serve as a SARC in a given period of 19 time; or 20 (D) requiring evaluations for service mem- 21 bers who have qualified for the SARC MOS and 22 are serving as a SARC to be completed by an 23 officer of the rank of O–6 or higher. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:56 Jun 08, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1799.IS S1799 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •S 1799 IS (3) Recommendations for standardizing train- 1 ing and education for service members seeking a 2 SARC MOS or serving as a SARC, including by in- 3 stitutionalizing relevant academies for each of the 4 services. 5 (4) An analysis of the impact of a SARC MOS 6 on the talent management of the existing SARC pro- 7 gram, including recruitment and retention. 8 (5) An analysis of the requirements for a 9 SARC-specific chain of command. 10 (6) A plan to execute a SARC MOS within two 11 years. 12 (7) Analysis of the cost of a SARC MOS pro- 13 gram. 14 (8) Any other matter the Secretary of Defense 15 considers relevant for inclusion. 16 (c) BRIEFING.—Not later than 180 days after the 17 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 18 shall provide the congressional defense committees a brief- 19 ing on the report required under subsection (a). 20 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:56 Jun 08, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S1799.IS S1799 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS