[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 98 (Wednesday, June 12, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3372]
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  SA 256. Ms. DUCKWORTH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2020 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle E of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1045. MODERNIZATION OF CERTAIN FORMS AND SURVEYS.

       (a) Study.--The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a study 
     to identify each form and survey of the Department of 
     Defense, in use on the date of the enactment of this Act, 
     that contains a term or classification that the Secretary 
     determines may be considered racially or ethnically 
     insensitive.
       (b) Reports.--
       (1) Interim reports.--On the date that is 90 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, and on the date that is 
     180 days after such date of enactment, the Secretary shall 
     submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate a report on the status of the 
     study conducted under subsection (a).
       (2) Final report.--Not later than one year after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 
     the Committees on Armed Services of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate a report on the results of the 
     study conducted under subsection (a) that includes--
       (A) a list of each form and survey identified under such 
     study; and
       (B) a plan for modernizing the terms and classifications 
     contained in such forms and surveys, including legislative 
     recommendations.
       (c) Modernization Required.--Not later than 18 months after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
     carry out the plan included in the report submitted under 
     subsection (b).
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