S.Amdt. 256

SA 256. Ms. DUCKWORTH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2020 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 E of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1045. 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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