3.0.0 4660 2023-01-11T13:44:43Z 2023-01-11T13:44:43Z Senate S 2020-09-23 116 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-09-23T20:31:54Z Diversity in Defense Act of 2020 116 8099 HR 2020-08-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. Identical bill CRS 2020-09-23 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral 2020-09-23 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress J000300 Sen. Jones, Doug [D-AL] Doug Jones D AL N Armed Forces and National Security Advisory bodies Cancer Congressional oversight Crimes against property Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Criminal justice information and records Department of Defense Employee hiring Employment and training programs Employment discrimination and employee rights Executive agency funding and structure Federal officials Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Hate crimes Health technology, devices, supplies Higher education Intergovernmental relations Medical tests and diagnostic methods Military facilities and property Military law Military personnel and dependents Military readiness Minority employment Performance measurement Racial and ethnic relations Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination Violent crime Women's employment Women's health Armed Forces and National Security 00 2020-09-23 Introduced in Senate 2021-06-22T13:24:03Z Diversity in Defense Act of 2020

This bill adds certain diversity-related requirements for the U.S. Armed Forces, including (1) the appointment of a Chief Diversity Officer in military components of the Department of Defense (DOD) and in the Coast Guard; (2) the establishment of a Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Council in DOD to, among other things, align diversity and inclusion with DOD strategic goals; (3) enhanced reporting on diversity and inclusion; (4) requiring a mentoring and career counseling program; (5) developing plans to increase recruitment and retention of female and minority members in the Armed Forces, (6) establishing in DOD the Office of the Special Inspector General for Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Armed Forces to examine the effect of military justice and personnel policies on racial and ethnic disparities; (7) tracking investigations of supremacist, violent extremist, and criminal gang activity in the Armed Forces; and (8) improving responses to pregnancy and childbirth for members of the Armed Forces.

]]> Diversity in Defense Act of 2020 Display Title Diversity in Defense Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced Diversity in Defense Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend titles 10 and 14, United States Code, to include certain diversity-related requirements for the Armed Forces and the Coast Guard, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4660is/xml/BILLS-116s4660is.xml 2020-09-23 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.