10 U.S.C. § 997 — Establishment of women’s initiative teams

submitted 1 year ago by Pub. L. 119-60 to r/title-10-ARMED-FORCES · 187 words · no verdicts yet

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Each listed military service must have a women’s initiative team. The teams address barriers to women’s service, recruitment, retention, and advancement.

(a) The Secretary concerned must establish a women’s initiative team in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space Force. Each team identifies and addresses any barriers to women’s service, recruitment, retention, and advancement. (b) Each team must: (1) identify and address issues that hinder women’s service in its armed force; (2) support recruiting and retaining women; (3) recommend policy changes supporting women members’ needs; and (4) build a sense of community. (c) Each team must include members of its armed force from varied ranks, backgrounds, and occupational specialties. (d) Each team must work with its service’s leadership and other stakeholders to perform subsection (b)’s duties.

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(a)Establishment.—

The Secretary concerned shall establish a women’s initiative team in each of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space Force to identify and address barriers, if any, to the service, recruitment, retention, and advancement of women in those armed forces.

(b)Duties.—

Each women’s initiative team established under subsection (a) shall—

(1)

identify and address issues, if any, that hinder service by women in the armed force in which such team is established;

(2)

support the recruitment and retention of women in such armed force;

(3)

recommend policy changes that support the needs of women members of such armed force; and

(4)

foster a sense of community.

(c)Composition.—

Each women’s initiative team established under subsection (a) shall be composed of members of the armed force in which such team is established of a variety of ranks, backgrounds, and occupational specialities.

(d)Collaboration.—

A women’s initiative team established under subsection (a) shall work collaboratively with the leadership of the armed force in which such team is established and other stakeholders to carry out the duties described in subsection (b).

Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 119–60, div. A, title V, § 522(a), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 864.)

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2025Enacted · Pub. L. 119-60 · 139 Stat. 864

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