S.Amdt. 4394

SA 4394. Ms. HIRONO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
her to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of part II of subtitle D of title V, add the
following:

SEC. 554. HAZING IN THE ARMED FORCES.

(a) Identification of System for Reporting and Tracking
Incidents.--The Secretary of Defense shall identify a data
collection system that provides the Department of Defense
with the best mechanism for the reporting and tracking of
incidents of hazing involving members of the Armed Forces.
The system so identified may be a new data collection system
or a current data collection system (either as is or as
modified).
(b) Surveys.--
(1) Status of forces survey.--Each annual Status of Forces
Survey conducted by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC)
after fiscal year 2017 shall include questions on hazing in
the Armed Forces, including questions designed to determine
the following:
(A) The prevalence of hazing in the Armed Forces.
(B) The effectiveness of training provided members of the
Armed Forces on hazing.
(C) The extent to which incidents of hazing in the Armed
Forces are reported.
(2) Development.--The Defense Manpower Data Center shall
develop the elements of the Status of Forces Survey required
pursuant to paragraph (1) in coordination with the Inter-
Service Survey Coordinating Committee (ISSCC).
(c) Reports.--
(1) Reports to secretary of defense.--Not later than
January 31 each year, each Secretary of a military department
and the Chief of the National Guard shall submit to the
Secretary of Defense a report on hazing in the Armed Forces
under the jurisdiction of such Secretary or the National
Guard, as applicable, during the preceding year.
(2) Reports to congress.--Not later than April 30 each
year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees
on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives a consolidated report on hazing in the Armed
Forces during the preceding year.
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