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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6174 

To address out-of-pocket inequities related to military service uniforms, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 8, 2021 

Mr. WILSON of South Carolina introduced the following bill; which was 

referred to the Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To address out-of-pocket inequities related to military service 

uniforms, 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 ‘‘Military Forces Assur5 ing that Treatment of Items by Gender are Uniform and 

6 Equal across the Services Act of 2021’’ or the ‘‘Military 

7 FATIGUES Act of 2021’’. 

8 SEC. 2. MODIFICATIONS TO MILITARY SERVICE UNIFORM 

9 REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURES. 

10 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF CONSISTENT CRITERIA.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

2 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec3 retary of Defense, acting through the Under Sec4 retary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness and 

5 in coordination with the Secretaries concerned with 

6 respect to the Armed Forces under their jurisdiction, 

7 shall establish consistent criteria for determining 

8 which uniform or clothing items across the services 

9 are considered uniquely military for purposes of cal10 culating the standard cash clothing replacement al11 lowances, in part to reduce differences in out-of12 pocket costs incurred by enlisted members of the 

13 Armed Forces across the military services and by 

14 gender within a military service. 

15 (2) REVIEW.—The Under Secretary shall re16 view the criteria established under paragraph (1) 

17 every 5 years thereafter and recommend adjust18 ments to enlisted clothing allowances if they are in19 sufficient to pay for uniquely military items. 

20 (b) ADDITIONAL REVIEWS.—The Secretary of De21 fense, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for 

22 Personnel and Readiness and in coordination with the Sec23 retaries of the military departments, shall— 

24 (1) periodically review all uniform clothing 

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1 quirements needed to facilitate cost discussions and 

2 to recommend adjustments as appropriate; 

3 (2) periodically review items in the military 

4 services’ calculations of the enlisted standard cash 

5 clothing replacement allowances, at a minimum, 

6 every 5 years and develop a standard by which to 

7 identify significant cost differences that warrant 

8 being addressed; 

9 (3) periodically review all plans of the military 

10 services for changing uniform items to determine if 

11 the planned changes will result in significant out-of12 pocket cost differences among the services or among 

13 genders; and 

14 (4) periodically review initial officer clothing al15 lowances, at a minimum, every 10 years and identify 

16 requirements needed to facilitate cost discussions 

17 and adjustment recommendations as appropriate. 

18 (c) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con19 gress that the cost of like items between genders should 

20 be the same for members of the Armed Forces. 

21 (d) REPORT.—Not later than December 31, 2022, 

22 the Department of Defense, in coordination with the Sec23 retaries of the military departments, shall submit to the 

24 Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the 

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1 duction and average retail prices of military clothing items 

2 for members of each Armed Force, including both officer 

3 and enlisted uniforms, and a comparison of costs for both 

4 male and female military clothing items for members of 

5 each of the respective services. 

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