Restoring Merit in the Military Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5025 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5025 To ensure equal opportunity, racial neutrality, and the exclusive use of merit in military personnel decisions, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 22, 2025 Ms. Mace (for herself and Mr. Carter of Georgia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To ensure equal opportunity, racial neutrality, and the exclusive use of merit in military personnel decisions, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Restoring Merit in the Military Act''. SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT OF EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, RACIAL NEUTRALITY, AND EXCLUSIVE USE OF MERIT IN MILITARY PERSONNEL ACTIONS. (a) Merit Requirement.--All Department of Defense military personnel actions, including accessions, p…