This bill will not only remove the military from under Congress to give the President control over the military, it also has some other things you need to read and pay attention to. This is wartime stuff that will impact us and Black folks need to PAY ATTENTION to what is happening. I cannot stress this enough. Dems introduced the bill too. Please take the time to read it here:
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4350/text
Pay attention to what will be authorized in this bill. It's a lot and it's important.
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Under diversity and inclusion, how about they are trying to slick willy transgenders as a racial category (as TBA noted). Since when does sexual orientation have anything to do with race?
Section # of the proposed modification is below. Keep in mind this is for the military. (See Subtitle H--Diversity and Inclusion)
Sec. 579C. Consideration of sexual orientation by Inspector General
when conducting review of racial disparity
in the Department of Defense.
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Also relevant (they are creating a "Gender Advisor" to deal with these non-binary folks trying to get into the military)
SEC. 539J. PLAN FOR DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF THE GENDER ADVISOR
WORKFORCE.
(a) Plan Required.--The Secretary of Defense shall develop and
implement a plan to institutionalize the gender advisor workforce of
the Department of Defense is responsible for supporting the implementation
of the Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2017 (Public Law 115-68; 131
Stat. 1202).
(b) Elements.--The plan under subsection (a) shall include:
(1) Plans for the development and management of the gender
advisor workforce, including plans for the training,
certification, assignments, and career development of the
personnel of such workforce.
(2) The actions the Secretary of Defense will carry out to
elevate, develop, define, and standardize the gender advisor
workforce in accordance with recommendation 3.4(a) of the
report of the Independent Review Commission on Sexual Assault
in the Military titled ``Hard Truths and the Duty to Change:
Recommendations from the Independent Review Commission on
Sexual Assault in the Military'' and dated July 2, 2021.
(3) Development of or modifications to guidance, policy,
professional military education, and doctrine to define and
standardize the gender advisor program with a focus on
incorporating the principles outlined in the plan of the
Department of Defense titled ``Women, Peace, and Security
Strategic Framework and Implementation Plan'' and dated June
2020, or any successor plan.
(4) Identification of training and education requirements
for members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees of the
Department of Defense, including general and flag officers and
members of the senior executive service, on the role of the
gender advisor workforce and the principles outlined in plan
referred to in paragraph (3), or any successor plan.
(5) The funds, resources, and authorities needed to
establish and develop the gender advisor role into a full-time,
billeted, and resourced position across organizations within
the Department of Defense, including the military departments,
the Armed Forces, the combatant commands, Defense Agencies, and
Department of Defense Field Activities.
(6) Developing and standardizing position descriptions of
the gender advisor workforce, including gender advisors and
gender focal points, across organizations within the
Department, including the military departments, the Armed
Forces, the combatant commands, Defense Agencies, and
Department of Defense Field Activities.
(7) An assessment and review of the Department's existing
training programs for gender advisors and gender focal points.
(8) Actions to adapt gender analysis (as defined in section
3 of the Women's Entrepreneurship and Economic Empowerment Act
(Public Law 115-428; 22 U.S.C. 2151-2)) to fit the needs of the
Department of Defense and to incorporate such analysis into the
work of gender advisors and other personnel identified as part
of the gender advisor workforce.
(9) The actions the Secretary will carry out to incorporate
the total amount of expenditures and proposed appropriations
necessary to support the program, projects, and activities of
the gender advisor workforce into the future years defense
program, as submitted to Congress under section 221 of title
10, United States Code.
(c) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees a report detailing the plan
developed under subsection (a) and the Secretary's progress in
implementing such plan.
(d) Briefing.--Not later than 270 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the
appropriate congressional committees a briefing on the report under
subsection (c) detailing the plan developed under subsection (a) and
the Secretary's progress in implementing such plan.
(e) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this section,
the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on
Foreign Relations of the Senate.
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Pay attention to this section (lots of shuffling around and heads up about what's to come if you can read between lines:
TITLE IX--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT
Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of Defense and Related Matters
Sec. 1344. Modification of authority of the President under the Export
Control Reform Act of 2018.
Pay attention.
