Sec. 549F. MILITARY SERVICE INDEPENDENT RACIAL DISPARITY REVIEW

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## SEC. 549F MILITARY SERVICE INDEPENDENT RACIAL DISPARITY REVIEW ###

(a)Review Required Each Secretary of a military department shall conduct an assessment of racial disparity in military justice and discipline processes and military personnel policies, as they pertain to minority populations. ###

(b)Report Required Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, each Secretary of a military department shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives and the Comptroller General of the United States a report detailing the results of the assessment required by subsection (a), together with recommendations for statutory or regulatory changes as the Secretary concerned determines appropriate. ###

(c)Comptroller General Report Not later than 180 days after receiving the reports submitted under subsection (b), the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report comparing the military service assessments on racial disparity conducted under subsection

(a)to existing reports assessing racial disparity in civilian criminal justice systems in the United States. ###

(d)Definitions In this section: ####

(1)Military justice; discipline processes The terms “military justice” and “discipline processes” refer to all facets of the military justice system, including investigation, the use of administrative separations and other administrative sanctions, non-judicial punishment, panel selection, pre-trial confinement, the use of solitary confinement, dispositions of courts-martial, sentencing, and post-trial processes. ####

(2)Military personnel policies The term “military personnel policies” includes accession rates and policies, retention rates and policies, promotion rates, assignments, professional military education selection and policies, and career opportunity for minority members of the Armed Forces. ####

(3)Minority populations The term “minority populations” includes Black, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, American Indian, and Alaska Native populations.