Combating Bias in Military Promotions Act

To amend title 10, United States Code, to eliminate the inclusion of certain personally identifying information from the information furnished to promotion selection boards for commissioned officers of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Combating Bias in Military Promotions Act 2. Elimination of inclusion of certain personally identifying information from information furnished to promotion selection boards for commissioned officers of the Armed Forces (a) Regular officers Section 615 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (b)— (A) by striking The Secretary of the military department concerned Subject to subsection (c), the Secretary of the military department concerned (B) in paragraph (2), by striking the names the identifiers (C) in paragraph (3), by striking whose name whose identifier (D) in paragraph (5), by striking subsection (c) subsection (d) (2) by redesignating subsections (c), (d), and (e) as subsections (d), (e), and (f), respectively; and (3) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection (c): (c) (1) Information on an officer furnished to a selection board under this section may not include any information that indicates the sex, age, or race of the officer, or a photograph of the officer. (2) In any information so furnished, an officer shall be identified through a unique identifier employed by the Secretary of the military department concerned for that purpose, rather than by the use of, or explicit reference to, the officer's name. . (b) Reserve officers Section 14107 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (b)— (A) by striking The Secretary of the military department concerned Subject to subsection (c), the Secretary of the military department concerned (B) in paragraph (2), by striking The name The identifier (C) in paragraph (3), by striking the name the identifier (2) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (d) and (e), respectively; and (3) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection (c): (c) Omission of certain personally identifying information (1) Information on an officer furnished to a selection board under this section may not include any information that indicates the sex, age, or race of the officer, or a photograph of the officer. (2) In any information so furnished, an officer shall be identified through a unique identifier employed by the Secretary of the military department concerned for that purpose, rather than by the use of, or explicit reference to, the officer's name. . (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date that is two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, and shall apply with respect to activities of promotion selection boards convened under section 611(a) or 14101(a) of title 10, United States Code, on or after that date.

Summary: Combating Bias in Military Promotions Act This bill requires that certain personal information be withheld from military promotion selection boards for commissioned officers of the Armed Forces. Specifically, the information provided to a promotion selection board may not include an officer's name, sex, age, race, or photograph.