[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 194 (Thursday, November 4, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7859]
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  SA 4308. Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself and Mr. Tillis) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. 
Reed and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2022 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 III, add the following:

     SEC. 376. BRIEFING ON SPENDING RELATING TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY, 
                   AND INCLUSION INITIATIVES OF DEPARTMENT OF 
                   DEFENSE.

       The Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), with the 
     submission of the annual budget of the Department of Defense 
     submitted by the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, 
     United States Code, for fiscal year 2023, shall brief the 
     congressional defense committees on--
       (1) all spending planned to implement guidance or 
     recommendations from the workforce council of the Deputy 
     Secretary of Defense, including the activities specified in 
     the memorandum of the Deputy Secretary of Defense dated March 
     11, 2021;
       (2) all spending planned to implement guidance or 
     recommendations from the Countering Extremism Working Group 
     of the Department; and
       (3) a financial accounting of planned expenditures for the 
     implementation of paragraphs (1) or (2), including--
       (A) amounts requested for appropriation for operation and 
     maintenance for the Department for full-time equivalent 
     employees for such implementation; and
       (B) amounts requested for appropriation for military 
     personnel for the Department for man hours of members of the 
     Armed Forces for such implementation.
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