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Restoring Military Focus Act

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What This Bill Does

This bill eliminates the Chief Diversity Officer position at the Department of Defense. It also prevents the department from creating any similar positions in the future using federal funds.

Who It Affects

The Department of Defense and anyone currently holding the Chief Diversity Officer or Senior Advisor for Diversity and Inclusion positions at that department.

Key Provisions

• The Chief Diversity Officer position at the Department of Defense is eliminated (Sec. 2a) • Federal money cannot be used to create any position in the Department of Defense that is the same as or substantially similar to the Chief Diversity Officer position (Sec. 3) • Federal money cannot be used to create any position in the Department of Defense that is the same as or substantially similar to the Senior Advisor for Diversity and Inclusion position (Sec. 3)

What Changes

If this bill becomes law, the Chief Diversity Officer job at the Department of Defense will no longer exist. The department cannot spend federal funds to create a new position with the same duties or substantially similar duties to either the Chief Diversity Officer or Senior Advisor for Diversity and Inclusion roles.

Important Definitions

None defined

Effective Date

Not specified in bill text

I 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 678 To eliminate the position of the Chief Diversity Officer of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 31, 2023 Mr. ROY (for himself, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. ROSENDALE, Mr. OGLES, Mrs. MILLER of Illinois, Mr. BRECHEEN, Mr. MILLS, Mr. BISHOP of North Carolina, and Mr. MCCLINTOCK) intro- duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To eliminate the position of the Chief Diversity Officer of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Restoring Military 4 Focus Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF THE CHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICER 6 OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 7 (a) REPEAL OF POSITION.—Section 147 of title 10, 8 United States Code, is repealed. 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:39 Feb 16, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H678.IH H678 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 678 IH (b) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 913 of the Wil- 1 liam M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authoriza- 2 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283) is 3 repealed. 4 SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON ESTABLISHMENT OF SIMILAR PO- 5 SITIONS. 6 No Federal funds may be obligated or expended to 7 establish a position within the Department of Defense that 8 is the same as or substantially similar to— 9 (1) the position of Chief Diversity Officer, as 10 described in section 147 of title 10, United States 11 Code, as such section was in effect before the date 12 of the enactment of this Act; or 13 (2) the position of Senior Advisor for Diversity 14 and Inclusion, as described in section 913(b) of the 15 William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Au- 16 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 17 116–283), as such section was in effect before the 18 date of the enactment of this Act. 19 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:39 Feb 16, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H678.IH H678 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS

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