3.0.0 3278 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z House H HR 2023-05-11 118 <pre>[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 80 (Thursday, May 11, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. WALTZ:H.R. 3278.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Section 1, Article 8The single subject of this legislation is:Military Recruitment[Page H2313]</pre> hsgo00 Oversight and Government Reform Committee House Standing Referred To 2023-05-11T14:02:05Z hsas00 Armed Services Committee House Standing Referred To 2023-05-11T14:02:00Z 2023-05-11 Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Government Reform Committee 2023-05-11 Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsas00 Armed Services Committee 2023-05-11 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2023-05-11 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress W000823 Rep. Waltz, Michael [R-FL-6] Michael Waltz R FL 6 N T000478 Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24] Claudia Tenney R NY 24 2023-05-24 False Armed Forces and National Security Armed Forces and National Security 2023-05-26T12:31:03Z

00 2023-05-11 Introduced in House 2024-02-20T19:33:41Z <p><b>Working to Address Recruiting and Retention to Improve Our Readiness Act or the WARRIOR Act</b></p> <p>This bill addresses the funding of certain Department of Defense (DOD) activities as well as certain personnel and training matters.</p> <p>The bill prohibits the use of federal funds to (1) take into consideration race, ethnicity, color, national origin, or gender of an individual when making a determination regarding a military accession, assignment, selection, or promotion; (2) promote at the service academies, in military training, or in professional military education the theory that individuals, by virtue of race, ethnicity, color, or national origin, bear collective responsibility for actions committed in the past by individuals of such race, ethnicity, color, or national origin; or (3) investigate extremism in the Armed Forces or DOD.</p> <p>The bill also requires the military departments to establish gender-neutral physical readiness standards.</p> <p>DOD must freeze the number of civilian employees who perform tasks related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). DOD may hire only one DEI employee for every 2,000 members who join the Armed Forces.</p> <p>The service academies may not employ as instructors individuals who are not members of the Armed Forces or civilian DOD employees unless no member or DOD employee may be adequately trained for such purpose.</p> <p>DOD must appoint a Director of COVID Policy to determine and implement actions regarding members of the Armed Forces who are involuntarily separated solely on the basis of refusing to receive a COVID-19 vaccination.</p> <p>DOD must submit a cost-benefit analysis and certain certifications to Congress in order to use federal funds for environmental projects.</p>

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