§481 Racial and ethnic issues; gender issues: surveys

For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the Secretary of Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see section 468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of

November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6. Best Practices for the Retention of Certain Female Members of the Armed Forces Pub. L. 117–263, div. A, title V, § 537, Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 2577, provided that: “The Secretaries of the military departments shall share and implement best practices regarding the use of retention and exit survey data to identify barriers and lessons learned to improve the retention of female members of the Armed Forces under the jurisdiction of such Secretaries.” Annual Report on Status of Female Members of the Armed Forces Pub. L. 107–314, div. A, title V, § 562, Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2554, provided that: “(a) Requirement for Report.—The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress, for each of fiscal years 2002 through 2006, a report on the status of female members of the Armed Forces. Information in the annual report shall be shown for the Department of Defense as a whole and separately for each of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps. “(b) Matters To Be Included.—The report for a fiscal year under subsection (a) shall include the following information:“(1) The positions, weapon systems, and fields of skills for which, by policy, female members are not eligible for assignment, as follows:“(A) In the report for fiscal year 2002—“(i) an identification of each position, weapon system, and field of skills for which, by policy, female members are not eligible; and “(ii) the rationale for the applicability of the policy to each such position, weapon system, and field. “(B) In the report for each fiscal year after fiscal year 2002, the positions, weapon systems, and fields for which policy on the eligibility of female members for assignment has changed during that fiscal year, including a discussion of how the policy has changed and the rationale for the change. “(2) Information on joint spouse assignments, as follows:“(A) The number of cases in which members of the Armed Forces married to each other are in assignments to which they were jointly assigned during that fiscal year, as defined in the applicable Department of Defense and military department personnel assignment policies. “(B) The number of cases in which members of the Armed Forces married to each other are in assignments to which they were assigned during that fiscal year, but were not jointly assigned (as so defined). “(3) Promotion selection rates for female members, for male members, and for all personnel in the reports submitted by promotion selection boards in that fiscal year for promotion to grades E–7, E–8, and E–9, and, in the case of commissioned officers, promotion to grades O–4, O–5, and O–6. “(4) Retention rates for female members in each grade and for male members in each grade during that fiscal year. “(5) Selection rates for female members and for male members for assignment to grade O–6 and grade O–5 command positions in reports of command selection boards that were submitted during that fiscal year. “(6) Selection rates for female members and for male members for attendance at intermediate service schools (ISS) and, separately, for attendance at senior service schools (SSS) in reports of selection boards that were submitted during that fiscal year. “(7) The extent of assignments of female members during that fiscal year in each field in which at least 80 percent of the Armed Forces personnel assigned in the field are men. “(8) The incidence of sexual harassment complaints made during that fiscal year, stated as the number of cases in which complaints of sexual harassment were filed under procedures of military departments that are applicable to the submission of sexual harassment complaints, together with the number and percent of the complaints that were substantiated. “(9) Satisfaction (based on surveys) of female active-duty members, female dependents of active-duty members, and female dependents of nonactive duty members entitled to health care provided by the Department of Defense with access to, and quality of, women’s health care benefits provided by the Department of Defense. “(c) Time for Report.—The report for a fiscal year under this section shall be submitted not later than 120 days after the end of that fiscal year.” First Report Required Under Subsection (c)Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title V, § 554(b), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2773, required Secretary of Defense to submit first report under former subsec. (c) of this section not later than

May 1, 1995.