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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 701 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To restrict the appointment of certain military personnel to diversity, equity, |
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| 6 | 6 | | and inclusion positions. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | FEBRUARY1, 2023 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. B |
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| 10 | 10 | | ANKSintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee |
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| 11 | 11 | | on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and |
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| 12 | 12 | | Accountability, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak- |
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| 13 | 13 | | er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju- |
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| 14 | 14 | | risdiction of the committee concerned |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL |
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| 16 | 16 | | To restrict the appointment of certain military personnel |
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| 17 | 17 | | to diversity, equity, and inclusion positions. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘DEI Pay Cap Act of 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | 2023’’. 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEC. 2. DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION PERSONNEL 6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | GRADE CAP. 7 |
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| 25 | 25 | | (a) I |
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| 26 | 26 | | NGENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense may not 8 |
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| 27 | 27 | | appoint to, or otherwise employ in, any position with du-9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:28 Feb 18, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H701.IH H701 |
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| 29 | 29 | | pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | •HR 701 IH |
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| 31 | 31 | | ties as described in subsection (b) a military or civilian 1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | employee with a rank or grade in excess of E–5 base pay 2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | or GS–5 not adjusted for locality. 3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (b) C |
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| 35 | 35 | | OVEREDDUTIES.—The duties referred to in 4 |
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| 36 | 36 | | subsection (a) are as follows: 5 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (1) Developing, refining, and implementing di-6 |
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| 38 | 38 | | versity, equity, and inclusion policy. 7 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (2) Leading working groups and councils to de-8 |
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| 40 | 40 | | veloping diversity, equity, and inclusion goals and 9 |
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| 41 | 41 | | objectives to measure performance and outcomes. 10 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (3) Creating and implementing diversity, equity, 11 |
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| 43 | 43 | | and inclusion education, training courses, and work-12 |
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| 44 | 44 | | shops for military and civilian personnel. 13 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (c) A |
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| 46 | 46 | | PPLICABILITY TOCURRENTEMPLOYEES.—Any 14 |
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| 47 | 47 | | military or civilian employee appointed to a position with 15 |
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| 48 | 48 | | duties described in subsection (b) who holds a rank or 16 |
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| 49 | 49 | | grade in excess of that allowed under subsection (a) shall 17 |
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| 50 | 50 | | be reassigned to another position not later than 180 days 18 |
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| 51 | 51 | | after the date of the enactment of this Act. 19 |
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| 52 | 52 | | Æ |
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