119-hr515

[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:
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Sec. 651a. Members: prohibition of gender discrimination
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    (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.
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    (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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