text: SECTION 1. COMPREHENSIVE ARMED FORCES POLICY ON PREVENTION AND RESPONSE 
                TO HAZING INVOLVING MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.
  
      (a) Hazing Defined.--The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with 
  the Secretaries of the military departments and the Secretary of 
  Homeland Security (with respect to the Coast Guard), shall assess and 
  develop a uniform definition of hazing applicable to members of the 
  Armed Forces for inclusion in the Uniform Code of Military Justice. The 
  Secretary of Defense shall submit the definition to the designated 
  congressional committees not later than 90 days after the date of the 
  enactment of this Act. It is the sense of Congress that the definition 
  should cover, at a minimum, any situation in which a member of the 
  Armed Forces suffers, or is exposed to, any cruelty, indignity, 
  humiliation, hardship, harm, harassment, or oppression, or the 
  deprivation or abridgement of any right by another member of the Armed 
  Forces.
      (b) Comprehensive Armed Forces Policy Required.--
              (1) Policy required.--Not later than one year after the 
          date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in 
          consultation with the Secretaries of the military departments 
          and the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall develop and 
          implement a comprehensive policy on the prevention of and 
          response to hazing involving members of the Armed Forces.
              (2) Consideration of recommendations.--In developing this 
          policy, the Secretaries shall consider the recommendations made 
          and findings of the Inspectors General of the Department of 
          Defense and the Department of Homeland Security in reports 
          investigating hazing involving members of the Armed Forces and 
          the recommendations of the Comptroller General of the United 
          States under subsection (e).
              (3) Use of definition.--The policy shall reflect the 
          comprehensive definition of hazing determined pursuant to 
          subsection (a).
      (c) Information Database on Hazing Incidents.--
              (1) Database required.--The Secretary of Defense and the 
          Secretary of Homeland Security shall develop and implement a 
          centralized, case-level database for the collection and 
          maintenance of information regarding hazing involving a member 
          of the Armed Services, including hazing incidents occurring at 
          officer candidate schools, military academies, military academy 
          preparatory schools, and basic training and professional 
          schools for enlisted members. The collection and maintenance of 
          information in the database shall be conducted in a manner 
          consistent with Department of Defense and the Department of 
          Homeland Security regulations for restricted reporting.
              (2) Scope of database.--The database shall provide the 
          following information with respect to each Armed Force:
                      (A) Description of each hazing complaint.
                      (B) Substantiated incidents of hazing.
                      (C) The nature and date of the hazing.
                      (D) The victim, including race, gender, and rank.
                      (E) The alleged offender, including race, gender, 
                  and rank.
                      (F) The branch and division in which the hazing 
                  incident occurred, along with whether it took place 
                  during a contingency operation.
                      (G) Actions taken to resolve hazing, including 
                  disciplinary action, transfer of an offender as a 
                  result or related to the offense, and training, policy, 
                  and internal guideline changes to address hazing.
                      (H) The outcome of any legal proceedings in 
                  connection with the hazing.
              (3) Implementation.--
                      (A) Plan for implementation.--Not later than 90 
                  days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
                  Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland 
                  Security shall submit to the designated congressional 
                  committees a plan to provide for the implementation of 
                  the database.
                      (B) Relation to defense incident-based reporting 
                  system.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
                  enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
                  submit to the designated congressional committees a 
                  report containing--
                              (i) a description of the current status of 
                          the Defense Incident-Based Reporting System; 
                          and
                              (ii) an explanation of how the Defense 
                          Incident-Based Reporting System will relate to 
                          the database.
                      (C) Completion.--Not later than 15 months after the 
                  date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
                  Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
                  complete implementation of the database.
      (d) Annual Reporting Requirement.--
              (1) In general.--The database required by subsection (c) 
          shall be used to develop and implement an annual congressional 
          report.
              (2) Reports required.--Not later than January 15 of each 
          year, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland 
          Security shall submit to the designated congressional 
          committees a report on the hazing incidents involving members 
          of the Armed Forces during the preceding year.
              (3) Elements.--Each report shall include the following:
                      (A) An assessment by the Secretaries of the 
                  implementation during the preceding year of the 
                  policies and procedures of each Armed Force on the 
                  prevention of and response to hazing involving members 
                  of the Armed Forces in order to determine the 
                  effectiveness of such policies and procedures.
                      (B) Data on the number of alleged and substantiated 
                  hazing incidents within each Armed Force that occurred 
                  that year, including the race, gender and Armed Force 
                  of the victim and offender, the nature of the hazing, 
                  and actions taken to resolve and address the hazing.
      (e) Comptroller General Report.--
              (1) Report required.--Not later than one year after the 
          date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the 
          United States shall submit to the designated congressional 
          committees a report on the policies to prevent hazing and 
          systems initiated to track incidents of hazing in each of the 
          Armed Forces, including officer cadet schools, military 
          academies, military academy preparatory schools, and basic 
          training and professional schools for enlisted members.
              (2) Elements.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall 
          include the following:
                      (A) An evaluation of the definition of hazing 
                  developed under subsection (a).
                      (B) A description of the criteria used, and the 
                  methods implemented, in the systems to track incidents 
                  of hazing in the Armed Forces.
                      (C) An assessment of the following:
                              (i) The scope of hazing in each Armed 
                          Force.
                              (ii) The policies in place and the training 
                          on hazing provided to members throughout the 
                          course of their careers for each Armed Force.
                              (iii) The actions taken to mitigate hazing 
                          incidents in each Armed Force.
                              (iv) The effectiveness of the training and 
                          policies in place regarding hazing.
                              (v) The number of alleged and substantiated 
                          incidents of hazing over the last five years 
                          for each Armed Force, the nature of these cases 
                          and actions taken to address such matters 
                          through non-judicial and judicial action.
                      (D) An evaluation of the additional actions, if 
                  any, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of 
                  Homeland Security propose to take to further address 
                  the incidence of hazing in the Armed Forces.
                      (E) Such recommendations as the Comptroller General 
                  considers appropriate for improving hazing prevention 
                  programs, policies, and other actions taken to address 
                  hazing within the Armed Forces.
      (f) Designated Congressional Committees Defined.--In this section, 
  the term ``designated congressional committees'' means--
              (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
          Oversight and Government Reform, and the Committee on Commerce, 
          Science and Transportation of the Senate; and
              (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
          Oversight and Government Reform, and the Committee on 
          Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
          Representatives.
target: Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) (Secretary) to: (1) assess and develop a uniform definition of hazing, applicable to members of the Armed Forces (members), for inclusion in the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ); and (2) submit such definition to Congress. Expresses the sense of Congress that such definition should cover, at a minimum, any situation in which a member suffers or is exposed to any cruelty, indignity, humiliation, hardship, harm, harassment, or oppression, or the deprivation or abridgment of any right, by another member.
  
  Requires the Secretary to develop and implement a comprehensive policy on the prevention of and response to hazing involving members.
  
  Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to develop and implement a centralized, case-level database for the collection and maintenance of information regarding hazing, including incidents occurring at officer candidate schools, military academies and their preparatory schools, and basic training and professional schools for enlisted members. Requires such Secretaries to: (1) submit to Congress a plan to implement the database, and (2) complete implementation within 15 months after the enactment of this Act.
  
  Directs the Secretary to report to Congress: (1) a description of the current status of the Defense Incident-Based Reporting System, and (2) an explanation of how such System will relate to the database.
  
  Requires annual reports from each Secretary on the hazing incidents involving members.
  
  Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to report to Congress on the policies to prevent hazing and the systems initiated to track incidents of hazing in each of the military departments.
feat_title: To prevent and respond to hazing incidents involving members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.