[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S4800]
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  SA 2475. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2025 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 A of title IX, add the following:

     SEC. 910. ELIMINATION OF THE CHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICER OF THE 
                   DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

       (a) In General.--
       (1) Repeal of position.--
       (A) In general.--Section 147 of title 10, United States 
     Code, is repealed.
       (B) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of chapter 4 of such title is amended by striking 
     the item relating to section 147.
       (2) Conforming repeal.--Section 913 of the William M. (Mac) 
     Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
     2021 (Public Law 116-283; 134 Stat. 3802) is repealed.
       (b) Prohibition on Establishment of Similar Positions.--No 
     Federal funds may be obligated or expended to establish a 
     position within the Department of Defense that is the same as 
     or substantially similar to--
       (1) the position of Chief Diversity Officer, as described 
     in section 147 of title 10, United States Code, as such 
     section was in effect on the day before the date of the 
     enactment of this Act; or
       (2) the position of Senior Advisor for Diversity and 
     Inclusion, as described in section 913(b) of the William M. 
     (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283; 134 Stat. 3803), as 
     such section was in effect on the day before the date of the 
     enactment of this Act.
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