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 118 STAT. 1925 PUBLIC LAW 108–375—OCT. 28, 2004 changes in law) for measures to improve, with respect to sexual assault, the following: (1) Victim care and advocacy programs. (2) Effective prevention. (3) Collaboration among military investigative organiza tions with responsibility or jurisdiction. (4) Coordination and resource sharing between military and civilian communities, including local support organizations. (5) Reporting procedures, data collection, tracking of cases, and use of data on sexual assault by senior military and civilian leaders. (6) Oversight of sexual assault programs, including develop ment of measures of the effectiveness of those programs in responding to victim needs. (7) Military justice issues. (8) Progress in developing means to investigate and pros ecute assailants who are foreign nationals. (9) Adequacy of resources supporting sexual assault preven tion and victim advocacy programs, particularly for deployed units and personnel. (10) Training of military and civilian personnel responsible for implementation of sexual assault policies. (11) Programs and policies, including those related to con fidentiality, designed to encourage victims to seek services and report offenses. (12) Other issues identified by the task force relating to sexual assault. (d) METHODOLOGY.—In carrying out its examination under sub section (b) and in formulating its recommendations under subsection (c), the task force shall consider the findings and recommendations of previous reviews and investigations of sexual assault conducted by the Department of Defense and the Armed Forces. (e) REPORT.—(1) Not later than one year after the initiation of its examination under subsection (b), the task force shall submit to the Secretary of Defense and the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force a report on the activities of the task force and on the activities of the Department of Defense and the Armed Forces to respond to sexual assault. (2) The report shall include the following: (A) A description of any barrier to implementation of improvements as a result of previous efforts to address sexual assault. (B) Other areas of concern not previously addressed in prior reports. (C) The findings and conclusions of the task force. (D) Any recommendations for changes to policy and law that the task force considers appropriate. (3) Within 90 days after receipt of the report under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Defense shall submit the report, together with the Secretary’s evaluation of the report, to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives. (f) TERMINATION.—The task force shall terminate 90 days after the date on which the report of the task force is submitted to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives pursuant to subsection (e)(3).

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