H.R. 7126House116th Congress (2019-2021)In Committee

Department of Defense Anti-Semitism and Racism Awareness Act of 2020

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The Department of Defense Anti‑Semitism and Racism Awareness Act of 2020 changes the FY2020 National Defense Authorization Act to make the Defense Department collect data on racism, anti‑Semitism, and supremacist attitudes in its employee surveys. It also requires the Secretary of Defense to report the survey questions and the surveys that include them to Congress. The bill mainly affects DoD personnel and the agency’s internal survey processes.

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Requires the Secretary of Defense to add questions about racism, anti‑Semitism, and supremacist views to any workplace climate surveys the Department conducts.
Mandates that the Secretary send a report to Congress by March 1, 2021, showing the exact wording of those questions and identifying which surveys contain them.

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Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Armed Services Committee

June 8, 2020

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Introduced in House

June 8, 2020

HouseIntro Referral

Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Armed Services Committee

June 8, 2020

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Introduced in HouseIssued June 8, 2020

116th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 7126

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

June 8, 2020

Mr. Brown of Maryland (for himself and Mr. Turner) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

A BILL

To amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 to direct the Secretary of Defense to include questions regarding racism, anti-Semitism, and supremacism in workplace surveys administered by the Secretary.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Department of Defense Anti-Semitism and Racism Awareness Act of 2020.

Questions regarding racism, anti-Semitism, and supremacism in workplace surveys administered by the Secretary of Defense

Section 593 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92) is amended—

(1)

by inserting (a) Questions required.— before The Secretary;

(2)

in paragraph (1), by inserting , racist, anti-Semitic, or supremacist after extremist; and

(3)

by adding at the end the following new subsection:

(b)

Report

Not later than March 1, 2021, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report including—

(1)

the text of the questions included in surveys under subsection (a); and

(2)

which surveys include such questions.