[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 157 (Wednesday, September 28, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5386]
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SA 5904. Mr. BOOKER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe)
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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, add the following:
SEC. 564. 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 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. The report shall
include efforts undertaken by Diversity and Recruitment
Officers of each of the military service academies to recruit
in title I high schools.
(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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