S.Amdt. 2549

SA 2549. Mr. JONES submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2019 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle D of title V, add the following:

SEC. 550. REPORTS ON RACIAL AND SEXUAL DISPARITIES IN
DEMOGRAPHICS OF MILITARY JUSTICE AND
DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS AGAINST MEMBERS OF THE
ARMED FORCES.

(a) Reports Required.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, each Secretary of a
military department shall submit to the President, and to the
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives, a report on racial and sexual disparities in
the demographics of military justice and disciplinary
proceedings against members of the Armed Forces under the
jurisdiction of such Secretary during the 15-year period
ending on the date of the enactment of this Act.
(b) Elements.--Each report under subsection (a) shall
include the following, conducted by the Secretary of the
military department concerned for purposes of such report:
(1) A comprehensive demographic analysis of military
justice and other disciplinary proceedings against members of
the Armed Forces concerned during the period described in
subsection (a).
(2) A comprehensive analysis and description of any
disparities in justice or other proceedings among such
members based on race or sex.
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