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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2743

To require a reduction in the annual Department of Defense and Department

of Transportation budgets by the total amount expended by those departments for pay and benefits and costs of investigation, administrative

discharge, and any legal fees pertaining to such for any member of

the Armed Forces discharged during the preceding fiscal year on the

basis of homosexual status or conduct for any grounds that do not

apply equally to members of the Armed Forces who are heterosexual.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JULY 26, 1993

Ms. WOOLSEY introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to the

Committees on Armed Services and Merchant Marine and Fisheries

A BILL

To require a reduction in the annual Department of Defense

and Department of Transportation budgets by the total

amount expended by those departments for pay and benefits and costs of investigation, administrative discharge,

and any legal fees pertaining to such for any member

of the Armed Forces discharged during the preceding

fiscal year on the basis of homosexual status or conduct

for any grounds that do not apply equally to members

of the Armed Forces who are heterosexual.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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1 SECTION 1. REDUCTIONS IN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

2 FUNDS RESULTING FROM DISCHARGING HO3 MOSEXUAL SERVICEMEMBERS.

4 (a) REDUCTION IN FUNDS.—(1) The total amount

5 made available to the Department of Defense for obliga6 tion for any fiscal year shall be reduced by the sum of

7 the amounts determined under subsection (b) with respect

8 to each member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine

9 Corps who during the preceding fiscal year was discharged

10 for homosexuality.

11 (2) For any fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense shall

12 allocate the reduction required under paragraph (1)

13 among the accounts and funds of the Department of De14 fense as the Secretary determines. Upon determining the

15 allocation of such reduction, the Secretary shall notify the

16 Secretary of the Treasury of the reductions to be made

17 in the various accounts and funds of the Department, and

18 the amounts available for obligation in those accounts and

19 funds shall be reduced accordingly.

20 (3) The Secretary of Defense shall notify Congress

21 of the allocations made under paragraph (2) for any fiscal

22 year.

23 (b) COMPUTATION.—In the case of each member of

24 the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps who is dis25 charged for homosexuality, the Secretary of Defense shall

26 compute the total lifetime costs expended by the Depart-
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1 ment of Defense with respect to that member. Such costs

2 shall include recruitment and recruitment incentives, pay

3 and allowances, bonuses, meals, health-care, education

4 payment of accrual charges to the Department of Defense

5 Military Retirement Fund, transportation, training, and

6 equipment provided specifically to that member, the costs

7 of separation of the member (including any costs of inves8 tigation, discharge, and trial), and any other costs in9 curred by the Department of Defense that are directly at10 tributable to that member’s service.

11 SEC. 2. REDUCTIONS IN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPOR12 TATION FUNDS RESULTING FROM DISCHARG13 ING HOMOSEXUAL SERVICEMEMBERS.

14 (a) REDUCTION IN FUNDS.—(1) The total amount

15 made available to the Department of Transportation for

16 obligation for any fiscal year shall be reduced by the sum

17 of the amounts determined under subsection (b) with re18 spect to each member of the Coast Guard who during the

19 preceding fiscal year was discharged for homosexuality.

20 (2) For any fiscal year, the Secretary of Transpor21 tation shall allocate the reduction required under para22 graph (1) among the accounts and funds of the Depart23 ment of Transportation as the Secretary determines. Upon

24 determining the allocation of such reduction, the Secretary

25 shall notify the Secretary of the Treasury of the reductions
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1 to be made in the various accounts and funds of the De2 partment, and the amounts available for obligation in

3 those accounts and funds shall be reduced accordingly.

4 (3) The Secretary of Transportation shall notify Con5 gress of the allocations made under paragraph (2) for any

6 fiscal year.

7 (b) COMPUTATION.—In the case of each member of

8 the Coast Guard who is discharged for homosexuality, the

9 Secretary of Transportation shall compute the total life10 time costs expended by the Department of Transportation

11 with respect to that member. Such costs shall include re12 cruitment and recruitment incentives, pay and allowances,

13 bonuses, meals, health-care, transportation, training, edu14 cation, and equipment provided specifically to that mem15 ber, the costs of separation of the member (including any

16 costs of investigation, discharge and trial), and any other

17 costs incurred by the Department of Transportation that

18 are directly attributable to that member’s service.

19 SEC. 3. DISCHARGE FOR HOMOSEXUALITY.

20 For purpose of this Act, a servicemember who is dis21 charged from the Armed Forces shall be considered as

22 having been discharged for homosexuality if the discharge

23 is an involuntary discharge on the basis of homosexual sta24 tus or on the basis of conduct as a homosexual for any
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1 grounds that do not apply equally to members of the

2 Armed Forces who are heterosexual.

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