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[CITE: 10USC481]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
            PART I--ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL MILITARY POWERS
 
              CHAPTER 23--MISCELLANEOUS STUDIES AND REPORTS
 
Sec. 481. Race relations, gender discrimination, and hate group 
        activity: annual survey and report
        
    (a) Annual Survey.--The Secretary of Defense shall carry out an 
annual survey to measure the state of racial, ethnic, and gender issues 
and discrimination among members of the Armed Forces serving on active 
duty and the extent (if any) of activity among such members that may be 
seen as so-called ``hate group'' activity. The survey shall solicit 
information on the race relations and gender relations climate in the 
Armed Forces, including--
        (1) indicators of positive and negative trends of relations 
    among all racial and ethnic groups and between the sexes;
        (2) the effectiveness of Department of Defense policies designed 
    to improve race, ethnic, and gender relations; and
        (3) the effectiveness of current processes for complaints on and 
    investigations into racial, ethnic, and gender discrimination.

    (b) Implementing Entity.--The Secretary shall carry out each annual 
survey through the entity in the Department of Defense known as the 
Armed Forces Survey on Race/Ethnic Issues.
    (c) Reports to Congress.--Upon completion of each annual survey 
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report 
containing the results of the survey.

(Added Pub. L. 103-337, div. A, title V, Sec. 554(a)(1), Oct. 5, 1994, 
108 Stat. 2773, Sec. 451; renumbered Sec. 481 and amended Pub. L. 104-
201, div. A, title V, Sec. 571(c)(1), title XI, Sec. 1121(a), Sept. 23, 
1996, 110 Stat. 2532, 2687.)


                               Amendments

    1996--Pub. L. 104-201, Sec. 1121(a), renumbered section 451 of this 
title as this section.
    Pub. L. 104-201, Sec. 571(c)(1), substituted ``Race relations, 
gender discrimination, and hate group activity: annual survey and 
report'' for ``Racial and ethnic issues; biennial survey; biennial 
report'' as section catchline and amended text generally, substituting 
provisions requiring an annual survey and report for provisions 
requiring a biennial survey and report.


               First Report Required Under Subsection (c)

    Section 554(b) of Pub. L. 103-337 required Secretary of Defense to 
submit first report under former subsec. (c) of this section not later 
than May 1, 1995.
