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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3783 

To direct the Secretary of Defense to standardize, collect, and analyze information on the demographics of applicants to military service academies, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 20, 2020 

Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Ms. 

HIRONO, and Mr. MERKLEY) introduced the following bill; which was 

read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Defense to standardize, collect, 

and analyze information on the demographics of applicants to military service academies, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Public Accountability 

5 on Nominations Offered that Result in Admissions to Mili6 tary Academies Act of 2020’’ or the ‘‘PANORAMA Act 

7 of 2020’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. INFORMATION ON NOMINATIONS AND APPLICA2 TIONS FOR MILITARY SERVICE ACADEMIES. 

3 (a) CONGRESSIONAL NOMINATIONS PORTAL.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year 

5 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec6 retary, in consultation with the Superintendents of 

7 the military service academies, shall ensure that 

8 there is a uniform online portal for all military serv9 ice academies that enables Members of Congress to 

10 nominate individuals for appointment to each acad11 emy through a secure website. 

12 (2) INFORMATION COLLECTION AND REPORT13 ING.—The online portal established under paragraph 

14 (1) shall— 

15 (A) collect, from each Member of Con16 gress, the demographic information described in 

17 subsection (b) for each individual nominated by 

18 the Member; and 

19 (B) collect the information required to be 

20 included in each annual report of the Secretary 

21 under subsection (c) in a manner that enables 

22 the Secretary to automatically compile such in23 formation when preparing the report. 

24 (3) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.—The por25 tal shall allow Members of Congress and their desVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:16 Jun 11, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3783.IS S3783

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1 ignees to view past nomination records for all appli2 cation cycles. 

3 (b) STANDARD CLASSIFICATIONS FOR COLLECTION

4 OF DEMOGRAPHIC DATA.— 

5 (1) STANDARDS REQUIRED.—The Secretary, in 

6 consultation with the Superintendents of the military 

7 service academies, shall establish standard classifica8 tions that cadets, midshipmen, and applicants to the 

9 academies may use to self-identify gender, race, and 

10 ethnicity and to provide other demographic informa11 tion in connection with admission to or enrollment in 

12 an academy. 

13 (2) CONSISTENCY WITH OMB GUIDANCE.—The 

14 standard classifications established under paragraph 

15 (1) shall be consistent with the standard classifica16 tions specified in Office of Management and Budget 

17 Directive No. 15 (pertaining to race and ethnic 

18 standards for Federal statistics and administrative 

19 reporting) or any successor directive. 

20 (3) INCORPORATION INTO APPLICATIONS AND

21 RECORDS.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

22 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall in23 corporate the standard classifications established 

24 under paragraph (1) into— 


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1 (A) applications for admission to the mili2 tary service academies; and 

3 (B) the military personnel records of ca4 dets and midshipmen enrolled in such acad5 emies. 

6 (c) ANNUAL REPORT ON THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF

7 MILITARY SERVICE ACADEMY APPLICANTS.— 

8 (1) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than Sep9 tember 30 of each year beginning after the date of 

10 the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 

11 to the congressional defense committees a report on 

12 the demographics of applicants to military service 

13 academies for the most recently concluded applica14 tion year. 

15 (2) ELEMENTS.—Each report under paragraph 

16 (1) shall include, with respect to each military serv17 ice academy, the following: 

18 (A) The number of individuals who sub19 mitted an application for admission to the acad20 emy in the application year covered by the re21 port. 

22 (B) Of the individuals who submitted an 

23 application for admission to the academy in 

24 such year— 


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1 (i) the overall demographics of appli2 cant pool, disaggregated by the classifica3 tions established under subsection (b) and 

4 by Member of Congress; 

5 (ii) the number and percentage who 

6 received a nomination, disaggregated by 

7 the classifications established under sub8 section (b) and by Member of Congress; 

9 (iii) the number and percentage who 

10 received an offer for appointment to the 

11 academy, disaggregated by the classifica12 tions established under subsection (b) and 

13 by Member of Congress; and 

14 (iv) the number and percentage who 

15 accepted an appointment to the academy, 

16 disaggregated by the classifications estab17 lished under subsection (b) and by Member 

18 of Congress. 

19 (3) CONSULTATION.—In preparing each report 

20 under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall consult 

21 with the Superintendents of the military service 

22 academies. 

23 (4) AVAILABILITY OF REPORTS AND DATA.— 

24 The Secretary shall— 


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1 (A) make the results of each report under 

2 paragraph (1) available on a publicly accessible 

3 website of the Department of Defense; and 

4 (B) ensure that any data included with the 

5 report is made available in a machine-readable 

6 format that is downloadable, searchable, and 

7 sortable. 

8 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

9 (1) The term ‘‘application year’’ means the pe10 riod beginning on January 1 of one year and ending 

11 on June 1 of the following year. 

12 (2) The term ‘‘congressional defense commit13 tees’’ has the meaning given that term in section 

14 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code. 

15 (3) The term ‘‘machine-readable’’ has the 

16 meaning given that term in section 3502(18) of title 

17 44, United States Code. 

18 (4) The term ‘‘military service academy’’ 

19 means— 

20 (A) the United States Military Academy; 

21 (B) the United States Naval Academy; and 

22 (C) the United States Air Force Academy. 

23 (5) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 

24 of Defense. 

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