[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5703 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5703

 To establish a grant program in the Department of Defense to increase 
 the number of women and underrepresented minorities in Department of 
          Defense military and civilian leadership positions.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 8, 2016

  Mr. Veasey introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To establish a grant program in the Department of Defense to increase 
 the number of women and underrepresented minorities in Department of 
          Defense military and civilian leadership positions.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Diversity in Military Leadership 
Act''.

SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF WOMEN AND 
              UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITIES IN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
              MILITARY AND CIVILIAN LEADERSHIP.

    (a) Grants Authorized.--The Secretary of Defense may award grants, 
on a competitive basis, to any entity that the Secretary determines has 
the capacity and expertise to carry out the activities described in 
subsection (b) for the purpose of increasing the participation of women 
and underrepresented minorities in Department of Defense military and 
civilian leadership positions.
    (b) Application.--An entity that seeks a grant under this section 
shall submit an application to the Secretary of Defense at such time, 
in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may 
require.
    (c) Authorized Activities.--An entity that receives a grant under 
this section shall use the grant funds to carry out one or more of the 
following activities designed to increase the participation of women 
and underrepresented minorities in Department of Defense military and 
civilian leadership positions:
            (1) Online interactive workshops for women and 
        underrepresented minorities.
            (2) Mentoring programs that partner members of the Armed 
        Forces and officers and employees of the Department of Defense 
        with students who are women or underrepresented minorities, or 
        both.
            (3) Internships for undergraduate and graduate students who 
        are women or underrepresented minorities, or both, with the 
        Department of Defense.
            (4) Outreach programs that provide elementary school and 
        secondary school students who are women or underrepresented 
        minorities, or both, with opportunities to increase their 
        exposure to military and civilian defense careers.
            (5) Such additional activities as the Secretary of Defense 
        may authorize.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) The term ``minority'' means American Indian, Alaskan 
        Native, Black (not of Hispanic origin), Hispanic (including 
        persons of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, and Central or South 
        American origin), Asian (including underrepresented subgroups), 
        Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander origin subgroup, or other 
        ethnic group underrepresented in science and engineering.
            (2) The term ``underrepresented minority'' means a minority 
        group whose numbers in Department of Defense military and 
        civilian leadership positions per 10,000 population of that 
        group is substantially below the comparable figure for 
        Department of Defense military and civilian leaders who are 
        White and not of Hispanic origin, as determined by the 
        Secretary of Defense.
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