[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 157 (Wednesday, September 28, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5386]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  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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