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- Rep. Sorensen, Eric [D-Illinois-17]
- Rep. Balint, Becca [D-Vermont]
- Rep. Randall, Emily [D-Washington-6]
- Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-New York-12]
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-Massachusetts-2]
- Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-Hawaii-2]
- Rep. Takano, Mark [D-California-39]
- Rep. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-District of Columbia]
- Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-Texas-29]
- Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-Michigan-12]
- Rep. Titus, Dina [D-Nevada-1]
- Rep. Cisneros, Gilbert Ray [D-California-31]
- Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-California-50]
- Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-California-19]
- Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-Illinois-8]
- Rep. Carter, Troy A. [D-Louisiana-2]
- Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-Maryland-8]
- Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-Maine-1]
- Rep. Escobar, Veronica [D-Texas-16]
- Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-Nevada-4]
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This bill would change military law to say that people cannot be treated differently in the Armed Forces because of race, color, national origin, religion, or sex. It says service qualifications must be based only on a person’s ability to meet the job standards for military service and the specific role they would fill, not on personal traits like gender identity, sexual orientation, or intersex traits. It also requires military personnel policies to give everyone equal treatment and equal opportunity.
- Military eligibility rules would have to focus only on a person’s ability to do the work required for service and for a specific military job.
- Discrimination would be barred based on race, color, national origin, religion, or sex, including gender identity, sexual orientation, and sex characteristics.
- Personnel policies would need to provide equal treatment and equal opportunity for all members of the Armed Forces.
Official Summaries
Ensuring Military Readiness Not Discrimination Act
This bill addresses the standards for eligibility for service in the Armed Forces. Specifically, the bill provides that any qualifications established or applied relating to eligibility for service in any of the Armed Forces must not include any criteria relating to the race, color, national origin, religion, or sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation, or sex characteristics) of an individual.
Additionally, any personnel policy developed or implemented by a military department with respect to members of the Armed Forces must ensure equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons, without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, or sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation, or sex characteristics).
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 515 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 515
To amend title 10, United States Code, to prohibit discrimination in
the Armed Forces.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 16, 2025
Ms. Jacobs (for herself and Mr. Sorensen) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services
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A BILL
To amend title 10, United States Code, to prohibit discrimination in
the Armed Forces.
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 ``Ensuring Military Readiness Not
Discrimination Act''.
SEC. 2. NONDISCRIMINATION WITH RESPECT TO SERVICE IN THE ARMED FORCES.
(a) In General.--Chapter 37 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by inserting after section 651 the following new section:
``Sec. 651a. Members: prohibition of gender discrimination
``(a) Standards for Eligibility for Service.--Any qualifications
established or applied for eligibility for service in an Armed Force
shall take into account only the ability of an individual to meet
occupational standards for military service generally and the military
occupational specialty concerned in particular, and may not include any
criteria relating to the race, color, national origin, religion, or sex
(including gender identity, sexual orientation, or sex characteristics
(including intersex traits)) of an individual.
``(b) Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in Service.--Any
personnel policy developed or implemented by the Secretary concerned
with respect to members of the Armed Forces shall ensure equality of
treatment and opportunity for all persons in the Armed Forces, without
regard to race, color, national origin, religion, and sex (including
gender identity, sexual orientation, or sex characteristics (including
intersex traits)).''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of
such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section
651 the following new item:
``651a. Members: prohibition of gender discrimination.''.
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