33 U.S.C. § 894d–1 — Investigation requirement
submitted 6 years ago by Pub. L. 114-328 to r/title-33-NAVIGATION-AND-NAVIGABLE-WATERS · 180 words · no verdicts yet
The Secretary must ensure prompt, thorough investigations of reported NOAA sexual-harassment and sexual-assault allegations. Congress expresses that investigations should start within 48 hours; if one starts later, the Secretary must notify two congressional committees.
(a) The Secretary, through the Under Secretary, must ensure that every sexual-harassment allegation reported under section 894 and every sexual-assault allegation reported under section 894a is investigated thoroughly and promptly. Congress states that the Secretary should ensure an investigation starts no later than 48 hours after the allegation is reported. (b) If more than 48 hours pass between reporting and starting the investigation, the Secretary must notify the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee and the House Natural Resources Committee.
The Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere, shall ensure that each allegation of sexual harassment reported under section 894 of this title and each allegation of sexual assault reported under section 894a of this title is investigated thoroughly and promptly.
It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary should ensure that an investigation of alleged sexual harassment reported under section 894 of this title or sexual assault reported under section 894a of this title commences not later than 48 hours after the time at which the allegation was reported.
In any case in which the time between the reporting of alleged sexual harassment or sexual assault under section 894 or 894a of this title, respectively, and commencement of an investigation of the allegation exceeds 48 hours, the Secretary shall notify the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives of the delay.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 114–328, div. C, title XXXV, § 3546, as added Pub. L. 116–259, title V, § 504(b)(2), Dec. 23, 2020, 134 Stat. 1180.)
- 2020Enacted · Pub. L. 114-328 · 134 Stat. 1180
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