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HR 7125 116th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Congressional oversight Government studies and investigations Military education and training Military personnel and dependents Minority employment

ELITE Act of 2020

Introduced: June 8, 2020 See on congress.gov
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Jun 8, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Jun 8, 2020
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Equality in Leadership and Inclusion in Top Elements Act of 2020 or the ELITE Act of 2020

This bill directs the Department of the Defense to seek to enter into an agreement with a federally funded research and development center with relevant expertise to conduct an evaluation of the barriers to minority participation in specified units of the Armed Forces.

What's happening now June 8, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 6395 Related bill William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021
  • S 3903 Identical bill ELITE Act of 2020
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 3 Republican 2
D
Aguilar, Pete
California · Sep 21, 2020
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Jun 18, 2020
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jun 18, 2020
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Kelly, Trent
Mississippi · Jun 11, 2020
 R
Turner, Michael R.
Ohio · Jun 8, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7125: ELITE Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7125/
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"H.R. 7125: ELITE Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7125/.
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H.R. 7125, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7125/.
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