Amendment requires the Department of Defense to update Congress on the status of implementing the recommendations from the October 2021 report on screening individuals entering the military.

1. Adds SEC. 5__. IMPLEMENTATION OF CERTAIN RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING SCREENING INDIVIDUALS WHO SEEK TO ENLIST IN THE ARMED FORCES AND COUNTERING EXTREMIST ACTIVITY IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE at the end of subtitle C of title V

   Adds a section

   Inserted: SEC. 5__. IMPLEMENTATION OF CERTAIN RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING SCREENING INDIVIDUALS WHO SEEK TO ENLIST IN THE ARMED FORCES AND COUNTERING EXTREMIST ACTIVITY IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

   Inserted: (a) Enlistment Screening.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall implement the seven recommendations of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness on page 2 of the report titled "Screening Individuals Who Seek to Enlist in the Armed Forces", submitted to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives on October 14, 2020.

   Inserted: (b) Countering Extremism.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall implement six recommendations of the Countering Extremist Activity Working Group on pages 15 through 18 on the report entitled "Report on Countering Extremist Activity Within the Department of Defense" published in December 2021.

   Original wording

   At the end of subtitle C of title V, insert the following:

Read automatically from the Congressional Record. Check the original before relying on it.

As printed