1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Equality in Leadership and Inclusion in Top Elements Act of 2020 or the ELITE Act of 2020 . 2. Findings Congress makes the following findings: (1) In 1999, the RAND Corporation issued a report entitled Barriers to Minority Participation in Special Operations Forces that was sponsored by United States Special Operations Command. (2) In 2018, the RAND Corporation issued a report entitles Understanding Demographic Differences in Undergraduate Pilot Training Attrition that was sponsored by the Air Force. (3) No significant independent study has been performed by a federally funded research and development center into increasing minority participation in the special forces since 1999. 3. Evaluation of barriers to minority participation in certain units of the Armed Forces (a) Study required (1) In general Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Defense shall seek to enter into an agreement with a federally funded research and development center with relevant expertise to conduct an evaluation of the barriers to minority participation in covered units of the Armed Forces. (2) Elements The evaluation required under paragraph (1) shall include the following elements: (A) A description of the racial, ethnic, and gender composition of covered units. (B) A comparison of the participation rates of minority populations in covered units to participation rates of the general population as members and as officers of the Armed Forces. (C) A comparison of the percentage of minority officers in the grade of O–7 or higher who have served in each covered unit to such percentage for all such officers in the Armed Force of that covered unit. (D) An identification of barriers to minority participation in the accession, assessment, and training processes. (E) The status and effectiveness of the response to the recommendations contained in the report referred to in section 2(1) and any follow-up recommendations. (F) Recommendations to increase