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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6574 
To direct the Secretary of Defense to standardize, collect, and analyze infor-
mation on the demographics of applicants to military service academies, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 21, 2020 
Mr. BROWN of Maryland (for himself, Ms. SPEIER, Ms. HOULAHAN, Ms. 
ESCOBAR, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. CISNEROS, Mr. VELA, Ms. HAALAND, and 
Mr. CARBAJAL) introduced the following bill; which was 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 appli-
cants to military service academies, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Public Accountability 
on Nominations Offered that Result in Admissions to Mili-
tary Academies Act of 2020’’ or the ‘‘PANORAMA Act 
of 2020’’. 
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SEC. 2. INFORMATION ON NOMINATIONS AND APPLICA-
TIONS FOR MILITARY SERVICE ACADEMIES. 
(a) CONGRESSIONAL NOMINATIONS PORTAL.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary, in consultation with the Superintendents of 
the military service academies, shall ensure that 
there is a uniform online portal for all military serv-
ice academies that enables Members of Congress to 
nominate individuals for appointment to each acad-
emy through a secure website. 
(2) INFORMATION COLLECTION AND REPORT-
ING.—The online portal established under paragraph 
(1) shall— 
(A) collect, from each Member of Con-
gress, the demographic information described in 
subsection (b) for each individual nominated by 
the Member; and 
(B) collect the information required to be 
included in each annual report of the Secretary 
under subsection (c) in a manner that enables 
the Secretary to automatically compile such in-
formation when preparing the report. 
(3) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.—The por-
tal shall allow Members of Congress and their des-
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ignees to view past nomination records for all appli-
cation cycles. 
(b) STANDARD CLASSIFICATIONS FOR COLLECTION 
OF DEMOGRAPHIC DATA.— 
(1) STANDARDS REQUIRED.—The Secretary, in 
consultation with the Superintendents of the military 
service academies, shall establish standard classifica-
tions that cadets, midshipmen, and applicants to the 
academies may use to self-identify gender, race, and 
ethnicity and to provide other demographic informa-
tion in connection with admission to or enrollment in 
an academy. 
(2) CONSISTENCY WITH OMB GUIDANCE.—The 
standard classifications established under paragraph 
(1) shall be consistent with the standard classifica-
tions specified in Office of Management and Budget 
Directive No. 15 (pertaining to race and ethnic 
standards for Federal statistics and administrative 
reporting) or any successor directive. 
(3) INCORPORATION INTO APPLICATIONS AND 
RECORDS.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall in-
corporate the standard classifications established 
under paragraph (1) into— 
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(A) applications for admission to the mili-
tary service academies; and 
(B) the military personnel records of ca-
dets and midshipmen enrolled in such acad-
emies. 
(c) ANNUAL REPORT ON THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF 
MILITARY SERVICE ACADEMY APPLICANTS.— 
(1) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than Sep-
tember 30 of each year beginning after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees a report on 
the demographics of applicants to military service 
academies for the most recently concluded applica-
tion year. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—Each report under paragraph 
(1) shall include, with respect to each military serv-
ice academy, the following: 
(A) The number of individuals who sub-
mitted an application for admission to the acad-
emy in the application year covered by the re-
port. 
(B) Of the individuals who submitted an 
application for admission to the academy in 
such year— 
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(i) the overall demographics of appli-
cant pool, disaggregated by the classifica-
tions established under subsection (b) and 
by Member of Congress; 
(ii) the number and percentage who 
received a nomination, disaggregated by 
the classifications established under sub-
section (b) and by Member of Congress; 
(iii) the number and percentage who 
received an offer for appointment to the 
academy, disaggregated by the classifica-
tions established under subsection (b) and 
by Member of Congress; and 
(iv) the number and percentage who 
accepted an appointment to the academy, 
disaggregated by the classifications estab-
lished under subsection (b) and by Member 
of Congress. 
(3) CONSULTATION.—In preparing each report 
under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall consult 
with the Superintendents of the military service 
academies. 
(4) AVAILABILITY OF REPORTS AND DATA.— 
The Secretary shall— 
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(A) make the results of each report under 
paragraph (1) available on a publicly accessible 
website of the Department of Defense; and 
(B) ensure that any data included with the 
report is made available in a machine-readable 
format that is downloadable, searchable, and 
sortable. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘application year’’ means the pe-
riod beginning on January 1 of one year and ending 
on June 1 of the following year. 
(2) The term ‘‘congressional defense commit-
tees’’ has the meaning given that term in section 
101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code. 
(3) The term ‘‘machine-readable’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 3502(18) of title 
44, United States Code. 
(4) The term ‘‘military service academy’’ 
means— 
(A) the United States Military Academy; 
(B) the United States Naval Academy; and 
(C) the United States Air Force Academy. 
(5) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of Defense. 
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