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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1095 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To eliminate the position of the Chief Diversity Officer of the Department |
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| 6 | 6 | | of Defense, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | FEBRUARY6, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. R |
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| 10 | 10 | | OY(for himself, Mr. WEBSTERof Florida, Mr. NORMAN, Ms. BOEBERT, |
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| 11 | 11 | | and Mr. O |
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| 12 | 12 | | GLES) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 13 | 13 | | Committee on Armed Services |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To eliminate the position of the Chief Diversity Officer of |
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| 16 | 16 | | the Department of Defense, and for other purposes. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Restoring Military 4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Focus Act’’. 5 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF THE CHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICER 6 |
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| 23 | 23 | | OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 7 |
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| 24 | 24 | | (a) R |
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| 25 | 25 | | EPEAL OFPOSITION.—Section 147 of title 10, 8 |
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| 26 | 26 | | United States Code, is repealed. 9 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (b) CONFORMINGREPEAL.—Section 913 of the Wil-1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | liam M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authoriza-2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | tion Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283; 134 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Stat. 3802) is repealed. 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON ESTABLISHMENT OF SIMILAR PO-5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | SITIONS. 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | No Federal funds may be obligated or expended to 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | establish a position within the Department of Defense that 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | is the same as or substantially similar to— 9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (1) the position of Chief Diversity Officer, as 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | described in section 147 of title 10, United States 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | Code, as such section was in effect before the date 12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | of the enactment of this Act; or 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (2) the position of Senior Advisor for Diversity 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | and Inclusion, as described in section 913(b) of the 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Au-16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | 116–283; 134 Stat. 3803), as such section was in ef-18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | fect before the date of the enactment of this Act. 19 |
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