Restoring Military Focus Act

Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security, Department of Defense, Employment discrimination and employee rights, Executive agency funding and structure, Federal officials

Summary:  <p><strong>Restoring Military Focus Act</strong></p> <p>This bill eliminates the position of Chief Diversity Officer within the Department of Defense (DOD), as well as the position of Senior Advisor for Diversity and Inclusion within the military departments. Additionally, the bill prohibits the use of federal funds to establish similar positions to that of Chief Diversity Officer or Senior Advisor for Diversity and Inclusion within DOD.</p>

<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 191 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 191

    To eliminate the position of the Chief Diversity Officer of the 
             Department of Defense, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 31, 2023

  Mr. Rubio (for himself, Mr. Risch, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Cruz, 
Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Lankford, and Mr. Hagerty) introduced the following 
   bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed 
                                Services

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                                 A BILL


 
    To eliminate the position of the Chief Diversity Officer of the 
             Department of Defense, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Restoring Military Focus Act''.

SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF THE CHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 
              DEFENSE.

    (a) Repeal of Position.--
            (1) In general.--Section 147 of title 10, United States 
        Code, is repealed.
            (2) 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.
    (b) 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(Public Law 116-283; 134 Stat. 3802) is repealed.

SEC. 3. 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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