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H.R. 7125 116th Congress House

ELITE Act of 2020

Official title: To direct the Secretary of Defense to enter into an agreement with a federally funded research and development center for a study on the barriers to minority p… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To direct the Secretary of Defense to enter into an agreement with a federally funded research and development center for a study on the barriers to minority participation in the elite units of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 8, 2020 See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security Congressional oversightGovernment studies and investigationsMilitary education and trainingMilitary personnel and dependentsMinority employment
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Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Jun 8, 2020
Introduced in House
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 Latest action June 8, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

 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.

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

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 3 Republican 2
D
Aguilar, Pete
California · Sep 21, 2020
Luria, Elaine
· Jun 18, 2020
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Jun 18, 2020
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jun 18, 2020
 R
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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[H.R. 7125: ELITE Act of 2020](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7125/)
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