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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 515 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 10, United States Code, to prohibit discrimination in the |
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| 6 | 6 | | Armed Forces. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY16, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Ms. J |
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| 10 | 10 | | ACOBS(for herself and Mr. SORENSEN) introduced the following bill; |
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| 11 | 11 | | which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To amend title 10, United States Code, to prohibit |
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| 14 | 14 | | discrimination in the Armed Forces. |
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| 15 | 15 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 18 | 18 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Ensuring Military 4 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Readiness Not Discrimination Act’’. 5 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SEC. 2. NONDISCRIMINATION WITH RESPECT TO SERVICE 6 |
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| 21 | 21 | | IN THE ARMED FORCES. 7 |
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| 22 | 22 | | (a) I |
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| 23 | 23 | | NGENERAL.—Chapter 37 of title 10, United 8 |
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| 24 | 24 | | States Code, is amended by inserting after section 651 the 9 |
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| 25 | 25 | | following new section: 10 |
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| 26 | 26 | | VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:23 Feb 12, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H515.IH H515 |
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| 27 | 27 | | ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •HR 515 IH |
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| 29 | 29 | | ‘‘§ 651a. Members: prohibition of gender discrimina-1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | tion 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | ‘‘(a) S |
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| 32 | 32 | | TANDARDS FOR ELIGIBILITY FORSERVICE.— 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Any qualifications established or applied for eligibility for 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | service in an Armed Force shall take into account only 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | the ability of an individual to meet occupational standards 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | for military service generally and the military occupational 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | specialty concerned in particular, and may not include any 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | criteria relating to the race, color, national origin, religion, 9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | or sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation, or sex 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | characteristics (including intersex traits)) of an individual. 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | ‘‘(b) E |
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| 42 | 42 | | QUALITY OFTREATMENT AND OPPORTUNITY 12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | INSERVICE.—Any personnel policy developed or imple-13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | mented by the Secretary concerned with respect to mem-14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | bers of the Armed Forces shall ensure equality of treat-15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | ment and opportunity for all persons in the Armed Forces, 16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, and 17 |
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| 48 | 48 | | sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation, or sex 18 |
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| 49 | 49 | | characteristics (including intersex traits)).’’. 19 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (b) C |
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| 51 | 51 | | LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of sections 20 |
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| 52 | 52 | | at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 21 |
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| 53 | 53 | | after the item relating to section 651 the following new 22 |
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| 54 | 54 | | item: 23 |
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| 55 | 55 | | ‘‘651a. Members: prohibition of gender discrimination.’’. |
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| 56 | 56 | | Æ |
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