[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 121 (Wednesday, July 1, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4161-S4162]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2414. Mr. BOOKER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2301 proposed by Mr. Inhofe 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 E of title V, insert the following:

     SEC. 549. INITIATIVES TO INCREASE DIVERSITY IN THE OFFICER 
                   CORPS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

       (a) Report on Initiatives.--Not later than 180 days after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
     Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
     a report setting forth the following:
       (1) A comprehensive description and assessment of the 
     initiatives currently being undertaken by the military 
     service academies to increase diversity among the officers 
     corps of the Armed Forces.
       (2) A description and assessment of the efforts undertaken 
     by Diversity and Recruitment Officers of each military 
     service academy to recruit in secondary schools to which

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     title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
     applies.
       
       (b) Release of Information on Applicants and Annual 
     Classes.--The Superintendent of each military service academy 
     shall adopt the approach taken by the Superintendent of the 
     United States Military Academy in releasing to the 
     congressional defense committees in a public manner the 
     following:
       (1) The manner in which each annual class of cadets or 
     midshipmen is scored for admission.
       (2) The racial and ethnic makeup of each annual class of 
     cadets or midshipmen.
       (c) Military Service Academy Defined.--In this section, the 
     term ``military service academy'' means the following:
       (1) The United States Military Academy.
       (2) The United States Naval Academy.
       (3) The United States Air Force Academy.
       (4) The United States Coast Guard Academy.
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