[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3118 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3118

    To require reporting on compliance with requirements to update 
          leadership boards across the Department of Defense.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 6, 2025

Mrs. Blackburn introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
    To require reporting on compliance with requirements to update 
          leadership boards across the Department of Defense.

    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 ``Respect the Chief Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. REPORTING ON COMPLIANCE WITH REQUIREMENTS TO UPDATE LEADERSHIP 
              BOARDS AT MILITARY INSTALLATIONS.

    (a) Initial Report.--Not later than January 31, 2026, the Secretary 
of Defense shall submit to the President and the congressional defense 
committees a report certifying compliance, during the preceding 
calendar year, with applicable requirements to update command and 
control leadership boards across the Department of Defense.
    (b) Subsequent Reports.--Not later than 120 days after the 
inauguration of a new President or the confirmation of a new Secretary 
of Defense, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the President and 
the congressional defense committees a report certifying that all 
command and control leadership boards across the Department of Defense 
have been updated to reflect the current Commander-in-Chief and other 
applicable leadership changes.
    (c) Congressional Defense Committees Defined.--In this section, the 
term ``congressional defense committees'' has the meaning given the 
term in section 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code.
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