S.Amdt. 3746

1. Adds SEC. 1069. REPORT ON GENDER INTEGRATION IN THE PLANNING AND EXECUTION OF MILITARY OPERATIONS OF THE ARMED FORCES ABROAD at the end of subtitle F of title X

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   In S. 2410 · Placed on Calendar Senate

   Section 1081 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110-81; 122 Stat. 335) is amended by striking subsection (d).

   Inserted: SEC. 1069. REPORT ON GENDER INTEGRATION IN THE PLANNING AND EXECUTION OF MILITARY OPERATIONS OF THE ARMED FORCES ABROAD.

   Inserted: (a) Study on Gender Integration.--

   Inserted: (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall conduct a study on the integration of gender considerations into the planning and execution at all levels of military operations of the Armed Forces abroad.

   Inserted: (2) Elements.--In conducting the study under this subsection, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall--

   Inserted: (A) determine whether existing Department of Defense campaign, security cooperation, and contingency plans for operations abroad adequately address security and operational challenges related to gender;

   Inserted: (B) identify means of improving the integration of gender considerations into future Department of Defense planning for campaign, security cooperation, and contingencies for operations abroad;

   Inserted: (C) identify the elements of defense doctrine, if any, that should be revised to reflect lessons learned regarding women and gender as a result of experiences engaging with female populations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other operations abroad;

   Inserted: (D) evaluate the need for a gender advisor training program for the Armed Forces, including the length of training, proposed curriculum, and location of training for such a program;

   Inserted: (E) determine the extent to which personnel qualified to advise on women and gender are available within the Department of Defense, and assess the development of a billet description for gender advisors;

   Inserted: (F) determine how to best educate military command leadership on the integration of attention to women and gender in military operations across all lines of effort; and

   Inserted: (G) evaluate where to assign gender advisors in strategic, operational, and tactical commands, including, in particular in assignment to field operations and the planning staffs of the combatant commands.

   Inserted: (b) Report.--

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   Inserted: (1) In general.--Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report setting forth the results of the study conducted under subsection (a).

   Inserted: (2) Form.--The report shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.

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   At the end of subtitle F of title X, add the following:

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