,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dgfe  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #cj 
7legislative day1 ,september #bi71      
#bjbj,mr4 ,young 7for himself and ,mrs4 
,shaheen7 introduced the following bill2
 which was read twice and referred to   
the ,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a  
,,bill  ,to amend title #aj1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to eliminate the         
inclusion of certain personally         
identifying information from the        
information furnished to promotion      
selection boards for commissioned       
officers of the ,armed ,forces1 and for 
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,combating     
,bias in ,military ,promotions ,act4    
#b4 ,elimination of inclusion of certain
 personally identifying information from
 information furnished to promotion     
selection boards for commissioned       
officers of the ,armed ,forces  7a7     
,regular officers ,section #fae of title
 #aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 is         

amended-- 7#a7 in subsection 7b7-- 7,a7 
by striking ,the ,secretary of the      
military department concerned and       
inserting ,subject to subsection 7c71   
the ,secretary of the military          
department concerned2  7,b7 in paragraph
 7#b71 by striking the names and        
inserting the identifiers2  7,c7 in     
paragraph 7#c71 by striking whose name  
and inserting whose identifier2 and     
7,d7 in paragraph 7#e71 by striking     
subsection 7c7 and inserting subsection 
7d72  7#b7 by redesignating subsections 
7c71 7d71 and 7e7 as subsections 7d71   
7e71 and 7f71 respectively2 and  7#c7 by
 inserting after subsection 7b7 the     
following new subsection 7c73  7c7 7#a7 
,information on an officer furnished to 
a selection board under this section may
 not include any information that       
indicates the sex1 age1 or race of the  
officer1 or a photograph of the officer4
  7#b7 ,in any information so furnished1
 an officer shall be identified through 
a unique identifier employed by the     

,secretary of the military department   
concerned for that purpose1 rather than 
by the use of1 or explicit reference to1
 the officer's name4  4  7b7 ,reserve   
officers ,section #adajg of title #aj1  
,united ,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7
 in subsection 7b7-- 7,a7 by striking   
,the ,secretary of the military         
department concerned and inserting      
,subject to subsection 7c71 the         
,secretary of the military department   
concerned2  7,b7 in paragraph 7#b71 by  
striking ,the name and inserting ,the   
identifier2 and  7,c7 in paragraph 7#c71
 by striking the name and inserting the 
identifier2 and  7#b7 by redesignating  
subsections 7c7 and 7d7 as subsections  
7d7 and 7e71 respectively2 and  7#c7 by 
inserting after subsection 7b7 the      
following new subsection 7c73  7c7      
,omission of certain personally         
identifying information  7#a7           
,information on an officer furnished to 
a selection board under this section may
 not include any information that       

indicates the sex1 age1 or race of the  
officer1 or a photograph of the officer4
  7#b7 ,in any information so furnished1
 an officer shall be identified through 
a unique identifier employed by the     
,secretary of the military department   
concerned for that purpose1 rather than 
by the use of1 or explicit reference to1
 the officer's name4  4  7c7 ,effective 
date ,the amendments made by this       
section shall take effect on the date   
that is two years after the date of the 
enactment of this ,act1 and shall apply 
with respect to activities of promotion 
selection boards convened under section 
#faa7;a7 or #adaja7;a7 of title #aj1    
,united ,states ,code1 on or after that 
date4