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50 U.S.C. § 3527 — Chaplain Corps and Chief of Chaplains

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50 U.S.C. § 3527 — Chaplain Corps and Chief of Chaplains

**(a) Establishment of Chaplain Corps** There is in the Agency a Chaplain Corps, which shall provide spiritual and religious pastoral services and care across all components of the Agency for employees of all faiths and non-faiths. **(b) Chief of Chaplains** (1) **In general** — The head of the Chaplain Corps shall be the Chief of Chaplains, who shall be appointed by the Director. (2) **Reporting** — The Chief of Chaplains shall report directly to the Director. (3) **Duties** — The Chief of Chaplains shall— (A) oversee the Chaplain Corps; and (B) be the proponent for, and consult with the Director on— (i) all guidance pertaining to chaplains’ care; (ii) programming and instruction; and (iii) any policy or guidance pertaining to religion or religious accommodation. (4) **Consultation** — All appropriate offices of the Agency shall consult with the Chief of Chaplains on best practices to implement guidance or policy pertaining to religion or religious accommodation. **(c) Services** Chaplains of the Chaplain Corps shall— (1) be located at the headquarters building of the Agency; and (2) travel as necessary to provide services to personnel of the Agency. **(d) Staff** (1) **Minimum staffing level** — The Chaplain Corps shall be composed of not less than 6 chaplains, of which— (A) not less than 3 shall be full-time staff employees of the Agency; and (B) not less than 3 shall be government contractors. (2) **Vacancies** — The Director shall expeditiously fill any vacancies. (3) **Exclusive role** — A chaplain of the Chaplain Corps shall serve exclusively in the chaplain’s role in the Chaplain Corps. (4) **Appointment; compensation** — The Director may appoint and fix the compensation of such chaplains of the Chaplain Corps as the Direc

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**(a) Establishment of Chaplain Corps** There is in the Agency a Chaplain Corps, which shall provide spiritual and religious pastoral services and care across all components of the Agency for employees of all faiths and non-faiths. **(b) Chief of Chaplains** (1) **In general** — The head of the Chaplain Corps shall be the Chief of Chaplains, who shall be appointed by the Director. (2) **Reporting** — The Chief of Chaplains shall report directly to the Director. (3) **Duties** — The Chief of Chaplains shall— (A) oversee the Chaplain Corps; and (B) be the proponent for, and consult with the Director on— (i) all guidance pertaining to chaplains’ care; (ii) programming and instruction; and (iii) any policy or guidance pertaining to religion or religious accommodation. (4) **Consultation** — All appropriate offices of the Agency shall consult with the Chief of Chaplains on best practices to implement guidance or policy pertaining to religion or religious accommodation. **(c) Services** Chaplains of the Chaplain Corps shall— (1) be located at the headquarters building of the Agency; and (2) travel as necessary to provide services to personnel of the Agency. **(d) Staff** (1) **Minimum staffing level** — The Chaplain Corps shall be composed of not less than 6 chaplains, of which— (A) not less than 3 shall be full-time staff employees of the Agency; and (B) not less than 3 shall be government contractors. (2) **Vacancies** — The Director shall expeditiously fill any vacancies. (3) **Exclusive role** — A chaplain of the Chaplain Corps shall serve exclusively in the chaplain’s role in the Chaplain Corps. (4) **Appointment; compensation** — The Director may appoint and fix the compensation of such chaplains of the Chaplain Corps as the Director considers appropriate, except that the Director may not provide basic pay to any chaplain of the Chaplain Corps at an annual rate of basic pay in excess of the maximum rate of basic pay for grade GS–15 of the General Schedule under [section 5332 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5332&num=0&edition=prelim). **(e) Administration** The Director shall— (1) provide security clearances, including one-time read-ins, to chaplains of the Chaplain Corps to ensure that personnel of the Agency can seek unrestricted chaplaincy counseling; and (2) furnish physical workspace for the Chaplain Corps at the headquarters building of the Agency. **(f) Privacy** The Director shall implement privacy standards with respect to the physical workspaces of the Chaplain Corps to ensure privacy for individuals visiting such spaces. **(g) Protection of Chaplain Corps** The Director may not require a chaplain of the Chaplain Corps to perform any rite, ritual, or ceremony that is contrary to the conscience, moral principles, or religious beliefs of the chaplain or of the ecclesiastical organization that ordains the chaplain. **(h) Certifications to Congress** Not less frequently than annually, the Director shall certify to Congress whether implementation of this section meets the requirements of this section.

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5 U.S.C. § 5332 — The General Schedule

**(a)** (1) The General Schedule, the symbol for which is “GS”, is the basic pay schedule for positions to which this subchapter applies. Each employee to whom this subchapter applies is entitled to basic pay in accordance with the General Schedule. (2) The General Schedule is a schedule of annual rates of basic pay, consisting of 15 grades, designated “GS–1” through “GS–15”, consecutively, with 10 rates of pay for each such grade. The rates of pay of the General Schedule are adjusted in accordance with section 5303. **(b)** When payment is made on the basis of an hourly, daily, weekly, or biweekly rate, the rate is computed from the appropriate annual rate of basic pay named by subsection (a) of this section in accordance with the rules prescribed by [section 5504(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5504/b&num=0&edition=prelim).

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50 U.S.C. § 3530 — Office of wellness and workforce support

**(a) Establishment** The Director shall establish within the Agency an office (in this section referred to as the “Office”) to provide support for the physical health, mental health, and wellbeing of eligible individuals under subsection (d). **(b) Chief Wellbeing Officer; assigned staff** (1) **Chief Wellbeing Officer** — The head of the Office is the Chief Wellbeing Officer, who shall provide to the Director regular updates on the operations of the Office. (2) **Assigned staff** — To assist in performing the functions under subsection (c), the Director shall assign to the Office a sufficient number of individuals, who shall have no official duties other than duties related to the Office while so assigned. **(c) Functions of Office** (1) **Functions** — The Director shall establish the functions and role of the Office, which shall include the following: (A) Providing to eligible individuals under subsection (d) advice and assistance on health and wellbeing, including with respect to— (i) physical health and access to physical health care; (ii) mental health and access to mental health care; and (iii) other related programs and benefits for which the individual may be eligible. (B) In providing advice and assistance to individuals under subparagraph (A), assisting such individuals who are applying for, and navigating the process to obtain, benefits furnished by the United States Government for which the individual is eligible, including, at a minimum— (i) health care and benefits described in such subparagraph; and (ii) benefits furnished pursuant to [section 3519b of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section3519b&num=0&edition=prelim). (C) Maintaining, and making available to eligibl

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50 U.S.C. § 3532 — Reporting and investigation of allegations of sexual assault and sexual harassment

**(a) Policies relating to restricted and unrestricted reporting of sexual assault and sexual harassment** (1) **In general** — The Director shall develop and implement policies, regulations, personnel training, and workforce education to establish and provide information about restricted reports and unrestricted reports of allegations of sexual assault and sexual harassment within the Agency in accordance with this subsection. (2) **Workforce education** — Workforce education developed under paragraph (1) shall be designed to clearly inform Agency employees of the differences between restricted and unrestricted reporting of allegations of sexual assault and sexual harassment, and which individual or office within the Agency is responsible for receiving each type of report. (3) **Relationship to the Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention Office** — To the extent consistent with preserving a victim’s complete autonomy, the policies, regulations, training, and messaging described in this subsection shall— (A) encourage Agency employees to make restricted or unrestricted reports of sexual assault and sexual harassment to the Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention Office; (B) encourage Agency employees to use the Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention Office as the primary point of contact and entry point for Agency employees to make restricted or unrestricted reports of sexual assault and sexual harassment; (C) encourage Agency employees to seek the victim advocacy services of the Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention Office after reporting an allegation of sexual assault or sexual harassment, to the extent consistent with the victim’s election; and (D) encourage Agency employees and individuals who receive disclo

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50 U.S.C. § 3527 — Chaplain Corps and Chief of Chaplains

Page 917 TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE § 3528 tutions in the United States for the purpose of encouraging and enhancing study in science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics disciplines at all levels of education. (2) Education partnership agreements (A) Nature of assistance provided Under an education partnership agreement entered into with an educational institution under paragraph (1)(E), the Director may provide assistance to the educational insti- tution by— (i) loaning equipment to the educational institution for any purpose and duration in support of such agreement that the Direc- tor considers appropriate; (ii) making personnel available to teach science courses or to assist in the develop- ment of science courses and materials for the educational institution; (iii) providing sabbatical opportunities for faculty and internship opportunities for students; (iv) involving faculty and students of the educational institution in Agency projects, including research and tech- nology transfer or transition projects; (v) cooperating with the educational in- stitution in developing a program under which students may be given academic credit for work on Agency projects, includ- ing research and technology transfer for transition projects; and (vi) providing academic and career ad- vice and assistance to students of the edu- cational institution. (B) Priorities In entering into education partnership agreements under paragraph (1)(E), the Di- rector shall prioritize entering into edu- cation partnership agreements with the fol- lowing: (i) Historically Black colleges and uni- versities and other minority-serving insti- tutions, as described in section 1067q(a) of title 20. (ii) Educational institutions serving women, m

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