[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 121 (Wednesday, July 1, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4161-S4162]
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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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