[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 117 (Thursday, June 25, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S3406]
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SA 1907. Mr. WARNER 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 A of title XI, add the following:
SEC. __. REPORT BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES
ON DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION WITHIN THE CIVILIAN
WORKFORCE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
(a) In General.--[Not later than 1 year after enactment of
this act ___ ], the Comptroller General of the United States
shall submit to Congress a report on issues related to
diversity and inclusion within the civilian workforce of the
Department of Defense.
(b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall
include the following:
(1) A description of the demographic composition of the
civilian workforce of the Department.
(2) An assessment of any differences in promotion outcomes
among demographic groups of the civilian workforce of the
Department.
(3) An assessment of the extent to which the Department has
identified barriers to diversity in its civilian workforce.
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