[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 117 (Thursday, June 25, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S3326]
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  SA 1798. Mr. JONES submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2021 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 H of title V, add the following:

     SEC. ___. REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF 
                   THE MILITARY LEADERSHIP DIVERSITY COMMISSION.

       (a) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
     shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the 
     Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the 
     implementation by the Department of Defense and the Armed 
     Forces of the recommendations of the Military Leadership 
     Diversity Commission as set forth in the final report of the 
     Commission entitled ``From Representation to Inclusion: 
     Diversity Leadership for the 21st Century Military'' and 
     dated March 15, 2011.
       (b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall 
     include the following:
       (1) A description of each recommendation in the final 
     report referred to in that subsection.
       (2) For each such recommendation, a description and 
     assessment of the implementation of such recommendation by 
     the Department of Defense and the Armed Forces, including an 
     assessment whether progress remains to be made in the 
     implementation of such recommendation.
       (3) A description and assessment of the progress of the 
     Department and the Armed Forces in achieving diversity in the 
     leadership of the Armed Forces.
       (4) A description and assessment of areas in which the 
     Armed Forces are making insufficient progress in achieving 
     diversity in the leadership of the Armed Forces, an 
     assessment of the causes of such lack of progress, and 
     recommendations for actions to be undertaken to address such 
     lack of progress.
       (5) Such other matters in connection with diversity in 
     leadership of the Armed Forces as the Secretary considers 
     appropriate.
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