Diversity in Defense Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8099
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4]
Introduced: 2020-08-25 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Cancer
Congressional oversight
Crimes against property
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Defense
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Hate crimes
Health technology, devices, supplies
Higher education
Intergovernmental relations
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Military facilities and property
Military law
Military personnel and dependents
Military readiness
Minority employment
Performance measurement
Racial and ethnic relations
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Violent crime
Women's employment
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-08-25
text: 

Diversity in Defense Act of 2020

 
This bill adds certain diversity-related requirements for the U.S. Armed Forces, including (1) the appointment of a Chief Diversity Officer in military components of the Department of Defense (DOD) and in the Coast Guard; (2) the establishment of a Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Council in DOD to, among other things, align diversity and inclusion with DOD strategic goals; (3) enhanced reporting on diversity and inclusion; (4) requiring a mentoring and career counseling program; (5) developing plans to increase recruitment and retention of female and minority members in the Armed Forces, (6) establishing in DOD the Office of the Special Inspector General for Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Armed Forces to examine the effect of military justice and personnel policies on racial and ethnic disparities; (7) tracking investigations of supremacist, violent extremist, and criminal gang activity in the Armed Forces; and (8) improving responses to pregnancy and childbirth for members of the Armed Forces.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-08-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2020-08-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Oversight and Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-08-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Oversight and Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-08-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Oversight and Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-08-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-08-25
text: Introduced in House