Sec. 545. Information on nominations and applications for military service academies
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Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall, in consultation with the Superintendents of the military service academies, submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report setting forth an assessment of the feasibility and advisability of a uniform online portal for all military service academies that enables Members of Congress to nominate individuals for appointment to each academy through a secure website.
For purposes of preparing the report required by paragraph (1), the Secretary shall treat the online portal described in that paragraph as permitting the collection, from each Member of Congress, of the demographic information described in subsection
(b)for each individual nominated by the Member. For purposes of preparing the report, the Secretary shall treat the online portal as permitting Members of Congress and their designees to view past nomination records for all application cycles. If the Secretary determines that the online portal is feasible and advisable, the report shall include— a comprehensive description of the online portal; and such recommendations for legislative and administrative action as the Secretary considers appropriate to establish and maintain the online portal. The Secretary of Defense shall, in consultation with the Superintendents of the military service academies, establish standard classifications that cadets, midshipmen, and applicants to the academies may use to self-identify gender, race, and ethnicity and to provide other demographic information in connection with admission to or enrollment in an academy. The standard classifications established under paragraph
(1)shall be consistent with the standard classifications specified in Office of Management and Budget Directive No. 15 (pertaining to race and ethnic standards for Federal statistics and administrative reporting) or any successor directive. Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall incorporate the standard classifications established under paragraph
(1)into— applications for admission to the military service academies; and the military personnel records of cadets and midshipmen enrolled in such academies. In this section, the term military service academy means— the United States Military Academy; the United States Naval Academy; and the United States Air Force Academy.