,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #decc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #aa1 #bjbc,mr4 
,alford introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,armed ,services1 and in addition to the
 ,committee on ,oversight and           
,accountability1 for a period to be     
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to require the ,secretary of
 ,defense to assess1 and submit a report
 to ,congress on1 civilian staffing at  
the ,department of ,defense ,office for 
,diversity1 ,equity1 and ,inclusion1 and
 for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title  
,this ,act may be cited as the ,cost of 
,wokeism in the ,military ,act4  #b4    
,assessments of staffing in ,,dod       
,office for ,diversity1 ,equity1 and    
,inclusion  7a7 ,in general  7#a7       
,secretary assessment ,the ,secretary of
 ,defense shall conduct an assessment   

validating each civil service position  
in the ,office for ,diversity1 ,equity1 
and ,inclusion against existing         
personnel of the ,office4 ,for purposes 
of carrying out such assessment1 the    
head of the ,office shall submit to the 
,secretary the alignment of total force 
manpower resources of the ,office       
against core missions1 tasks1 and       
functions1 including a mapping of       
missions to the originating statute or  
,department policy4  7#b7 ,office       
assessment ,the head of the ,office     
shall conduct an assessment on the      
tasks1 functions1 and associated        
civilian personnel the ,office believes 
are necessary to perform the duties of  
the ,office4  7#c7 ,secretary analysis  
,the ,secretary shall determine whether 
there is any conflict between the       
assessment conducted under paragraph    
7#a7 and the assessment under paragraph 
7#b71 and what personnel actions 7if    
any7 the ,secretary will take to        
eliminate such conflict4  7b7 ,interim  

briefing and report  7#a7 ,interim      
briefing ,not later than ,april #a1     
#bjbd1 the ,secretary shall provide to  
the congressional defense committees an 
interim briefing on the assessments     
under subsection 7a74  7#b7 ,final      
report ,not later than one year after   
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
the ,secretary shall submit to the      
congressional defense committees a      
report on the assessments under         
subsection 7a74 ,such report shall      
include the following3  7,a7 ,a         
validation of every civil service       
position in the ,office against existing
 civilian personnel requirements4  7,b7 
,the methodology and process through    
which such validation was performed4    
7,c7 ,relevant statistical analysis on  
civil service position fill rates       
against validated requirements4  7,d7   
,analysis of each civil service position
 and grade and whether the position     
description and grade match the function
 and task requirements of the position4 

7,e7 ,plan to update grades and position
 descriptions to meet current and future
 requirements1 tasks1 and functions4    
7,f7 ,lessons learned through the       
civilian position validation process and
 statistical analysis under             
subparagraphs 7,b7 through 7,f74  7,g7  
,any legislative1 policy or budgetary   
recommendations of the ,secretary       
related to the subject matter of the    
report4  7#c7 ,limitation ,if the final 
report is not submitted to ,congress    
under paragraph 7#b7 within one year    
after the date of enactment of this     
,act1 until the date that such report is
 so submitted--  7,a7 no new civil      
service position may be established at  
the ,office2  7,b7 members of the       
uniformed services may not be detailed  
or otherwise used to carry out any      
function or duty of the ,office2 and    
7,c7 no additional personal services    
contractors may be appointed to a       
position at the ,office4  7c7 ,budget   
requirement ,the ,secretary shall1 in   

the ,secretary's annual budget          
submission to the ,office of ,management
 and ,budget for fiscal year #bjbe and  
each fiscal year thereafter1 identify   
mission changes1 opportunities for      
automation1 and business process        
improvements that could better optimize 
the size1 structure1 composition of the 
,department of ,defense's workforce and 
its allocation against validated        
requirements4  7d7 ,definitions ,in this
 section-- 7#a7 the term civil service  
has the meaning given that term in      
section #baja of title #e1 ,united      
,states ,code2  7#b7 the term           
congressional defense committees has the
 meaning given that term in section     
#aja7;a77#af7 of title #aj1 ,united     
,states ,code2  7#c7 the term ,office   
means the ,office for ,diversity1       
,equity1 and ,inclusion in the          
,department of ,defense2 and  7#d7 the  
term ,secretary means the ,secretary of 
,defense4