119-hr3406

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3406 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 3406

 To prohibit individuals with gender dysphoria from serving as members 
 of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 May 14, 2025

 Mr. Moore of Alabama (for himself, Ms. Hageman, Mrs. Luna, Mr. 
 Davidson, Ms. Greene of Georgia, and Mr. Clyde) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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 A BILL

 To prohibit individuals with gender dysphoria from serving as members 
 of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.

 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 ``Readiness Over Wokeness Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON SERVICE IN THE ARMED FORCES BY INDIVIDUALS WITH 
 GENDER DYSPHORIA.

 Chapter 49 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
after 

section 974 the following new section:
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Sec. 975. Prohibition on service in the Armed Forces by individuals 
 with gender dysphoria
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    (a) Prohibition.--A person may not serve as a member of the Armed 
Forces if the person--
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    (1) has a current diagnosis or history of, or exhibits 
 symptoms consistent with, gender dysphoria; or
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    (2) has a history of gender affirming care, including 
 cross-sex hormone therapy or sex reassignment or genital 
 reconstruction surgery as treatment for gender dysphoria or in 
 pursuit of a sex transition.
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    (b) Administrative Separation.--

    (1) The Secretary concerned shall 
administratively discharge any member of the Armed Forces prohibited 
from serving as a member under subsection

    (a) .
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    (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a member of the 
Armed Forces who is separated pursuant to paragraph

    (1) and for whom no 
other basis exists for separation is not required to--
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        (A) provide reimbursement for any educational or other 
 benefit for which reimbursement would otherwise be required due 
 to the termination of service as a member of the Armed Forces; 
 or
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        (B) complete any obligation of service as a member of the 
 Armed Forces.
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            (c) Security Clearance Reinvestigation.--The Secretary of Defense 
shall--
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    (1) conduct a reinvestigation and readjudication of the 
 eligibility for access to classified information of any person 
 administratively discharged under subsection

    (b) who was 
 eligible to access classified information at the time of 
 separation from the Armed Forces; or
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    (2) with respect to any such person who, after separation 
 from the Armed Forces, does not serve in a position requiring 
 eligibility to access classified information or who declines to 
 participate in a reinvestigation or readjudication of the 
 eligibility of such person for access to classified 
 information, revoke the eligibility of such person for access 
 to classified information.''.
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