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To require reporting on compliance with requirements to update leadership boards across the Department of Defense.
Summary
The Respect the Chief Act of 2025 requires the Secretary of Defense to submit compliance reports on the updating of command and control leadership boards across the Department of Defense. The Secretary must submit an initial report by January 31, 2026, certifying compliance with requirements to update leadership boards during the preceding calendar year. Subsequently, the Secretary must submit a report within 120 days after the inauguration of a new President or confirmation of a new Secretary of Defense, certifying that all command and control leadership boards have been updated to reflect the current Commander-in-Chief and other applicable leadership changes. These reports must be submitted to the President and the congressional defense committees.
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- Nov 6, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. · senate
- Nov 6, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
November 6, 2025
Mrs. Blackburn introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To require reporting on compliance with requirements to update leadership boards across the Department of Defense.
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 “Respect the Chief Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. REPORTING ON COMPLIANCE WITH REQUIREMENTS TO UPDATE LEADERSHIP BOARDS AT MILITARY INSTALLATIONS.
(a) Initial Report.—Not later than January 31, 2026, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the President and the congressional defense committees a report certifying compliance, during the preceding calendar year, with applicable requirements to update command and control leadership boards across the Department of Defense.
(b) Subsequent Reports.—Not later than 120 days after the inauguration of a new President or the confirmation of a new Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the President and the congressional defense committees a report certifying that all command and control leadership boards across the Department of Defense have been updated to reflect the current Commander-in-Chief and other applicable leadership changes.
(c) Congressional Defense Committees Defined.—In this section, the term “congressional defense committees” has the meaning given the term in section 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code. <all>
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