1. Short title This Act may be cited as the National Security Diversity and Inclusion Workforce Act of 2019 . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) The greatest national asset of the United States in protecting the homeland and advancing the interests of the United States abroad is the talent and diversity of the national security workforce. (2) The United States has made important progress toward harnessing the extraordinary range of backgrounds, cultures, perspectives, skills, and experiences of the population of the United States toward keeping the United States safe and strong. (3) The 2015 National Security Strategy recognized that the diversity of the national security workforce of the United States is a strategic asset that enhances the ability of the United States to lead on the global stage. (4) Secretary of State Mike Pompeo remarked at his nomination hearing before the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate in April 2018 that he deeply believed the workforce of the Department of State must be diverse in every sense of the word . (5) In March 2011, the Military Leadership Diversity Commission demonstrated that minorities and women are still underrepresented among the top leadership of the Armed Forces, as compared with the members they lead. (6) Although African Americans, Native Americans (including Native Hawaiians), and Asians represent 21 percent of the workforce of the Department of State, in 2018, only 8 percent and 7 percent of the senior positions in the civil service and the Foreign Service at the Department of State, respectively, were occupied by members of these groups. (7) Although Latinos or Hispanics, represent 7 percent of the workforce of the Department of State, in 2018, only 5 percent of the senior positions in the civil service and the Foreign Service at the Department of State were occupied by members of these groups. (8) As of 2018, African Americans, Asians, and other racial minorities (including Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders, American Indians, and