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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4746 

To direct the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress a report on service 

waivers for transgender individuals, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 18, 2019 

Mr. BROWN of Maryland (for himself, Ms. SPEIER, Ms. ESCOBAR, Mr. 

PAPPAS, and Mr. TED LIEU of California) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress 

a report on service waivers for transgender individuals, 

and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transgender Military 

5 Service Reporting Act of 2019’’. 

6 SEC. 2. REPORT ON SERVICE WAIVERS FOR TRANSGENDER 

7 INDIVIDUALS. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the 

9 date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter 


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1 for a two-year period, the Secretary of Defense shall sub2 mit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House 

3 of Representatives and the Senate a report identifying the 

4 number of individuals (disaggregated by the status of the 

5 individuals as exempt individuals or nonexempt individ6 uals) to whom the following applied during the reporting 

7 period for such report: 

8 (1) Diagnosed with a covered medical condi9 tion— 

10 (A) prior to accession into the Armed 

11 Forces; or 

12 (B) as a member of the Armed Forces. 

13 (2) Presumptively denied accession into the 

14 Armed Forces as a result of a covered medical con15 dition. 

16 (3) Applied for a service waiver as a result of 

17 a covered medical condition. 

18 (4) Received a service waiver for a covered med19 ical condition. 

20 (5) Denied a service waiver for a covered med21 ical condition. 

22 (6) Separated from the Armed Forces as a re23 sult of a covered medical condition. 

24 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 


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1 (1) The terms ‘‘exempt individuals’’ and ‘‘non2 exempt individuals’’ have the meanings given those 

3 terms in attachment 3 of the memorandum— 

4 (A) issued by the Office of the Deputy Sec5 retary of Defense; 

6 (B) dated March 12, 2019; and 

7 (C) with the subject heading ‘‘Directive8 Type Memorandum (DTM)–19–004—Military 

9 Service by Transgender Persons and Persons 

10 with Gender Dysphoria’’. 

11 (2) The term ‘‘covered medical condition’’ 

12 means— 

13 (A) gender dysphoria; 

14 (B) gender transition treatment; or 

15 (C) any other condition related to gender 

16 dysphoria or gender transition treatment. 

17 (3) The term ‘‘reporting period’’ means, with 

18 respect to a report submitted under subsection (a), 

19 the calendar year most recently completed before the 

20 date on which such report is to be submitted. 

21 (4) The term ‘‘service waiver’’ includes a waiv22 er— 

23 (A) for accession into the Armed Forces; 

24 (B) to continue service in the Armed 

25 Forces; or 


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1 (C) to otherwise permit service in the 

2 Armed Forces. 

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