S.Amdt. 1798

SA 1798. Mr. JONES submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2021 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 H of title V, add the following:

SEC. ___. REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF
THE MILITARY LEADERSHIP DIVERSITY COMMISSION.

(a) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense
shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the
Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the
implementation by the Department of Defense and the Armed
Forces of the recommendations of the Military Leadership
Diversity Commission as set forth in the final report of the
Commission entitled ``From Representation to Inclusion:
Diversity Leadership for the 21st Century Military'' and
dated March 15, 2011.
(b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall
include the following:
(1) A description of each recommendation in the final
report referred to in that subsection.
(2) For each such recommendation, a description and
assessment of the implementation of such recommendation by
the Department of Defense and the Armed Forces, including an
assessment whether progress remains to be made in the
implementation of such recommendation.
(3) A description and assessment of the progress of the
Department and the Armed Forces in achieving diversity in the
leadership of the Armed Forces.
(4) A description and assessment of areas in which the
Armed Forces are making insufficient progress in achieving
diversity in the leadership of the Armed Forces, an
assessment of the causes of such lack of progress, and
recommendations for actions to be undertaken to address such
lack of progress.
(5) Such other matters in connection with diversity in
leadership of the Armed Forces as the Secretary considers
appropriate.
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