Title: Realizing Efforts for Military Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Act
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
Realizing Efforts for Military Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Act or the REMEDI Act
This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to ensure that military departments conduct ongoing training programs regarding human relations, diversity, equity, and inclusion for members of the Armed Forces, civilian employees of DOD, and contract employees of DOD.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9000 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9000

  To amend title 10, United States Code, to expand and codify matters 
      covered by diversity training in the Department of Defense.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 17, 2020

 Mr. Crow (for himself and Mrs. Trahan) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 10, United States Code, to expand and codify matters 
      covered by diversity training in the Department of Defense.

    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 ``Realizing Efforts for Military 
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Act'' or the ``REMEDI Act''.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION AND CODIFICATION OF MATTERS COVERED BY DIVERSITY 
              TRAINING IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 101 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting before section 2002 the following new section:
``Sec. 2001. Human relations, diversity, equity, and inclusion training
    ``(a) Human Relations, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Training.--
(1) The Secretary shall ensure that the Secretary of a military 
department conducts ongoing training programs regarding human 
relations, diversity, equity, and inclusion for all covered individuals 
under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of a military department. Such 
training shall be tailored to specific leadership levels and local area 
requirements.
    ``(2) Matters to be covered by such training include the following:
            ``(A) Race relations.
            ``(B) Racism.
            ``(C) Equal opportunity.
            ``(D) Gender identity.
            ``(E) Discrimination based on gender and on gender 
        identity.
            ``(F) Discrimination based on sexual orientation and on 
        sexual identity.
            ``(G) Conscious and unconscious bias.
            ``(H) Hate group activity.
    ``(3) Such training shall be included in the following:
            ``(A) Initial entry and accession programs.
            ``(B) Annual refresher training.
            ``(C) Professional military education.
            ``(D) Peer education.
            ``(E) Specialized leadership training.
    ``(4) The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that unit commanders 
are aware of their responsibility to ensure that activity based upon 
discriminatory motives does not occur in units under their command.
    ``(b) Information Provided to Prospective Recruits.--The Secretary 
of Defense shall ensure that a covered individual preparing to enter an 
officer accession program or to execute an original enlistment 
agreement--
            ``(1) is provided information concerning the meaning of the 
        oath of office or oath of enlistment for service in the armed 
        forces with regards to the equal protection and civil liberties 
        guarantees of the Constitution; and
            ``(2) is informed that if supporting such guarantees is not 
        possible personally for that covered individual, then that 
        covered individual should decline to join the Armed Forces.
    ``(c) Covered Individual Defined.--In this section, the term 
`covered individual' includes--
            ``(1) a member of the armed forces;
            ``(2) a civilian employee of the Department; and
            ``(3) a contract employee of the Department.''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Technical amendment.--The table of sections at the 
        beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting before the 
        item relating to section 2002 the following new item:

``2001. Human relations, diversity, equity, and inclusion training.''.
            (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 571 of the National 
        Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (Public Law 104-
        201; 10 U.S.C. 113 note) is repealed.
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