S.Amdt. 2920

SA 2920. Mr. DAINES submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2025 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 A of title IX, add the following:

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SEC. 910. ELIMINATION OF THE CHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICER AND
SENIOR ADVISORS FOR DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION.

(a) Repeal of Position.--
(1) In general.--Section 147 of title 10, United States
Code, is repealed.
(2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the
beginning of chapter 4 of such title is amended by striking
the item relating to section 147.
(b) Conforming Repeal.--Section 913 of the William M. (Mac)
Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2021 (Public Law 116-283; 10 U.S.C. 147 note) is repealed.
(c) Prohibition on Establishment of Similar Positions.--No
Federal funds may be obligated or expended to establish a
position within the Department of Defense that is the same as
or substantially similar to--
(1) the position of Chief Diversity Officer, as described
in section 147 of title 10, United States Code, as such
section was in effect before the date of the enactment of
this Act; or
(2) the position of Senior Advisor for Diversity and
Inclusion, as described in section 913(b) of the William M.
(Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283; 10 U.S.C. 147 note), as
such section was in effect before the date of the enactment
of this Act.
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