ANNUAL REPORT ON PERSONNEL READINESS FACTORS BY RACE AND GENDER.

SEC. 533. ANNUAL REPORT ON PERSONNEL READINESS FACTORS BY RACE AND GENDER. (a) Required Assessment.— The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress an annual report on trends in recruiting, retention, and personnel readiness. (b) Data To Be Collected.— Each annual report under subsection (a) shall include the following information with respect to the preceding fiscal year for the active components of each of the Armed Forces under the jurisdiction of the Secretary (as well as such additional information as the Secretary considers appropriate): (1) The numbers of members of the Armed Forces temporarily and permanently nondeployable and rates of temporary and permanent nondeployability, displayed by cause of nondeployability, rank, and gender. (2) The numbers and rates of complaints and allegations within the Armed Forces that involve gender and other unlawful discrimination and sexual harassment, and the rates of substantiation for those complaints and allegations. (3) The numbers and rates of disciplinary proceedings, displayed (A) by offense or infraction committed, (B) by gender, 108 STAT. 2761rank, and race, and (C) by the categories specified in paragraph (2). (4) The retention rates, by gender, rank, and race, with an analysis of factors influencing those rates. (5) The propensity of persons to enlist, displayed by gender and race, with an analysis of the factors influencing those propensities. (c) Submission to Congress.— The Secretary shall submit the report under this section for any fiscal year as part of the annual Department of Defense posture statement provided to Congress in connection with the Department of Defense budget request for that fiscal year. (d) Initial Submission.— The first report under this section shall be submitted in connection with the Department of Defense budget request for fiscal year 1996 and shall include data, to the degree such data already exists, for fiscal years after fiscal year 1991.