Title: To direct the Secretary of Defense to modernize certain forms and surveys of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
This bill directs the Department of Defense to modernize its forms and surveys that contain terms or classifications that may be considered racially or ethnically insensitive.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3166 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3166

   To direct the Secretary of Defense to modernize certain forms and 
     surveys of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 10, 2019

     Mr. Hastings (for himself, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Ms. Lee of 
California, Ms. Moore, Ms. Adams, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Meeks, Mr. Brown 
of Maryland, Mrs. Lawrence, Ms. Waters, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Lewis, Ms. 
 Wilson of Florida, Ms. Bass, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Omar, Mr. Rush, 
 Ms. Norton, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Sires, Ms. 
  Schakowsky, Ms. Meng, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Cisneros, Ms. Plaskett, Mr. 
     Vargas, Mr. Horsford, Mr. Swalwell of California, Mr. Cox of 
California, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Mr. Veasey, Ms. Fudge, 
Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Clay, Mr. Lawson of Florida, Ms. Clarke of 
New York, Mr. Payne, Ms. Sewell of Alabama, Ms. Pressley, Mr. Case, and 
 Ms. Escobar) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
   To direct the Secretary of Defense to modernize certain forms and 
     surveys 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. MODERNIZATION OF CERTAIN FORMS AND SURVEYS.

    (a) Study.--The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a study to 
identify each form and survey of the Department of Defense, in use on 
the date of the enactment of this Act, that contains a term or 
classification that the Secretary determines may be considered racially 
or ethnically insensitive.
    (b) Reports.--
            (1) Interim reports.--On the date that is 90 days after the 
        date of the enactment of this Act, and on the date that is 180 
        days after such date of enactment, the Secretary shall submit 
        to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of 
        Representatives and the Senate a report on the status of the 
        study conducted under subsection (a).
            (2) Final report.--Not later than one year after the date 
        of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the 
        Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives 
        and the Senate a report on the results of the study conducted 
        under subsection (a) that includes--
                    (A) a list of each form and survey identified under 
                such study; and
                    (B) a plan for modernizing the terms and 
                classifications contained in such forms and surveys, 
                including legislative recommendations.
    (c) Modernization Required.--Not later than 18 months after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall carry out the 
plan included in the report submitted under subsection (b).
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