S 3181
112th Congress
Senate
Armed Forces and National Security
Congressional oversight
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Military personnel and dependents
Minority employment
Performance measurement
Racial and ethnic relations
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Women's employment
A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to require a plan to ensure the military leadership of the Armed Forces reflects the diversity of the population of the United States, and for other purposes.
Introduced: May 15, 2012
Introduced by:
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
Democratic
· New York
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May 15, 2012
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
May 15, 2012
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Directs the Secretary of Defense to develop and implement a plan to measure Department of Defense (DOD) efforts to achieve a dynamic, sustainable level of members of the Armed Forces that will reflect the diverse population of the United States eligible to serve, including gender-specific, racial, and ethnic populations. Requires the Secretary, in developing and implementing the plan, to develop a standard set of metrics and collection procedures that are uniform across the military departments.
Requires progress made in implementing such plan to be included in currently-required annual DOD manpower requirements reports.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
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