[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4533 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4533

 To require the Secretary of Defense to assess, and submit a report to 
Congress on, civilian staffing at the Department of Defense Office for 
       Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 11, 2023

  Mr. Alford introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
   Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on 
     Oversight and Accountability, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Secretary of Defense to assess, and submit a report to 
Congress on, civilian staffing at the Department of Defense Office for 
       Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Cost of Wokeism in the Military 
Act''.

SEC. 2. ASSESSMENTS OF STAFFING IN DOD OFFICE FOR DIVERSITY, EQUITY, 
              AND INCLUSION.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) Secretary assessment.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
        conduct an assessment validating each civil service position in 
        the Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion against 
        existing personnel of the Office. For purposes of carrying out 
        such assessment, the head of the Office shall submit to the 
        Secretary the alignment of total force manpower resources of 
        the Office against core missions, tasks, and functions, 
        including a mapping of missions to the originating statute or 
        Department policy.
            (2) Office assessment.--The head of the Office shall 
        conduct an assessment on the tasks, functions, and associated 
        civilian personnel the Office believes are necessary to perform 
        the duties of the Office.
            (3) Secretary analysis.--The Secretary shall determine 
        whether there is any conflict between the assessment conducted 
        under paragraph (1) and the assessment under paragraph (2), and 
        what personnel actions (if any) the Secretary will take to 
        eliminate such conflict.
    (b) Interim Briefing and Report.--
            (1) Interim briefing.--Not later than April 1, 2024, the 
        Secretary shall provide to the congressional defense committees 
        an interim briefing on the assessments under subsection (a).
            (2) Final report.--Not later than one year after the date 
        of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the 
        congressional defense committees a report on the assessments 
        under subsection (a). Such report shall include the following:
                    (A) A validation of every civil service position in 
                the Office against existing civilian personnel 
                requirements.
                    (B) The methodology and process through which such 
                validation was performed.
                    (C) Relevant statistical analysis on civil service 
                position fill rates against validated requirements.
                    (D) Analysis of each civil service position and 
                grade and whether the position description and grade 
                match the function and task requirements of the 
                position.
                    (E) Plan to update grades and position descriptions 
                to meet current and future requirements, tasks, and 
                functions.
                    (F) Lessons learned through the civilian position 
                validation process and statistical analysis under 
                subparagraphs (B) through (F).
                    (G) Any legislative, policy or budgetary 
                recommendations of the Secretary related to the subject 
                matter of the report.
            (3) Limitation.--If the final report is not submitted to 
        Congress under paragraph (2) within one year after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, until the date that such report is so 
        submitted--
                    (A) no new civil service position may be 
                established at the Office;
                    (B) members of the uniformed services may not be 
                detailed or otherwise used to carry out any function or 
                duty of the Office; and
                    (C) no additional personal services contractors may 
                be appointed to a position at the Office.
    (c) Budget Requirement.--The Secretary shall, in the Secretary's 
annual budget submission to the Office of Management and Budget for 
fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter, identify mission 
changes, opportunities for automation, and business process 
improvements that could better optimize the size, structure, 
composition of the Department of Defense's workforce and its allocation 
against validated requirements.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section--
            (1) the term ``civil service'' has the meaning given that 
        term in section 2101 of title 5, United States Code;
            (2) the term ``congressional defense committees'' has the 
        meaning given that term in section 101(a)(16) of title 10, 
        United States Code;
            (3) the term ``Office'' means the Office for Diversity, 
        Equity, and Inclusion in the Department of Defense; and
            (4) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Defense.
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