[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6574 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6574

To direct the Secretary of Defense to standardize, collect, and analyze 
   information on the demographics of applicants to military service 
                   academies, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 21, 2020

   Mr. Brown of Maryland (for himself, Ms. Speier, Ms. Houlahan, Ms. 
   Escobar, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Cisneros, Mr. Vela, Ms. Haaland, and Mr. 
  Carbajal) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Secretary of Defense to standardize, collect, and analyze 
   information on the demographics of applicants to military service 
                   academies, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Public Accountability on Nominations 
Offered that Result in Admissions to Military Academies Act of 2020'' 
or the ``PANORAMA Act of 2020''.

SEC. 2. INFORMATION ON NOMINATIONS AND APPLICATIONS FOR MILITARY 
              SERVICE ACADEMIES.

    (a) Congressional Nominations Portal.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than one year after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with 
        the Superintendents of the military service academies, shall 
        ensure that there is a uniform online portal for all military 
        service academies that enables Members of Congress to nominate 
        individuals for appointment to each academy through a secure 
        website.
            (2) Information collection and reporting.--The online 
        portal established under paragraph (1) shall--
                    (A) collect, from each Member of Congress, the 
                demographic information described in subsection (b) for 
                each individual nominated by the Member; and
                    (B) collect the information required to be included 
                in each annual report of the Secretary under subsection 
                (c) in a manner that enables the Secretary to 
                automatically compile such information when preparing 
                the report.
            (3) Availability of information.--The portal shall allow 
        Members of Congress and their designees to view past nomination 
        records for all application cycles.
    (b) Standard Classifications for Collection of Demographic Data.--
            (1) Standards required.--The Secretary, in consultation 
        with the Superintendents of the military service academies, 
        shall establish standard classifications that cadets, 
        midshipmen, and applicants to the academies may use to self-
        identify gender, race, and ethnicity and to provide other 
        demographic information in connection with admission to or 
        enrollment in an academy.
            (2) Consistency with omb guidance.--The standard 
        classifications established under paragraph (1) shall be 
        consistent with the standard classifications specified in 
        Office of Management and Budget Directive No. 15 (pertaining to 
        race and ethnic standards for Federal statistics and 
        administrative reporting) or any successor directive.
            (3) Incorporation into applications and records.--Not later 
        than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
        Secretary shall incorporate the standard classifications 
        established under paragraph (1) into--
                    (A) applications for admission to the military 
                service academies; and
                    (B) the military personnel records of cadets and 
                midshipmen enrolled in such academies.
    (c) Annual Report on the Demographics of Military Service Academy 
Applicants.--
            (1) Report required.--Not later than September 30 of each 
        year beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
        Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
        a report on the demographics of applicants to military service 
        academies for the most recently concluded application year.
            (2) Elements.--Each report under paragraph (1) shall 
        include, with respect to each military service academy, the 
        following:
                    (A) The number of individuals who submitted an 
                application for admission to the academy in the 
                application year covered by the report.
                    (B) Of the individuals who submitted an application 
                for admission to the academy in such year--
                            (i) the overall demographics of applicant 
                        pool, disaggregated by the classifications 
                        established under subsection (b) and by Member 
                        of Congress;
                            (ii) the number and percentage who received 
                        a nomination, disaggregated by the 
                        classifications established under subsection 
                        (b) and by Member of Congress;
                            (iii) the number and percentage who 
                        received an offer for appointment to the 
                        academy, disaggregated by the classifications 
                        established under subsection (b) and by Member 
                        of Congress; and
                            (iv) the number and percentage who accepted 
                        an appointment to the academy, disaggregated by 
                        the classifications established under 
                        subsection (b) and by Member of Congress.
            (3) Consultation.--In preparing each report under paragraph 
        (1), the Secretary shall consult with the Superintendents of 
        the military service academies.
            (4) Availability of reports and data.--The Secretary 
        shall--
                    (A) make the results of each report under paragraph 
                (1) available on a publicly accessible website of the 
                Department of Defense; and
                    (B) ensure that any data included with the report 
                is made available in a machine-readable format that is 
                downloadable, searchable, and sortable.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) The term ``application year'' means the period 
        beginning on January 1 of one year and ending on June 1 of the 
        following year.
            (2) The term ``congressional defense committees'' has the 
        meaning given that term in section 101(a)(16) of title 10, 
        United States Code.
            (3) The term ``machine-readable'' has the meaning given 
        that term in section 3502(18) of title 44, United States Code.
            (4) The term ``military service academy'' means--
                    (A) the United States Military Academy;
                    (B) the United States Naval Academy; and
                    (C) the United States Air Force Academy.
            (5) The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Defense.
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