I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1283 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to enhance the readiness of the 
Armed Forces by replacing the current policy concerning homosexuality 
in the Armed Forces, referred to as ‘‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’’, with 
a policy of nondiscrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 3, 2009 
Mrs. TAUSCHER (for herself, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. AN-
DREWS, Ms. BALDWIN, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. BISHOP of New 
York, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. 
CAPUANO, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mrs. 
CHRISTENSEN, Ms. CLARKE, Mr. CLAY, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. COHEN, Mr. 
CONYERS, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mrs. DAVIS 
of California, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. DELAHUNT, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. DIN-
GELL, Mr. DOYLE, Ms. EDWARDS of Maryland, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. 
ENGEL, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. FARR, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. FILNER, Mr. FRANK 
of Massachusetts, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. HALL of New 
York, Mr. HARE, Ms. HARMAN, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. HINCHEY, 
Ms. HIRONO, Mr. HOLT, Mr. HONDA, Mr. INSLEE, Mr. ISRAEL, Ms. 
EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. KEN-
NEDY, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Ms. 
LEE of California, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. LOEBSACK, Ms. ZOE 
LOFGREN of California, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. LYNCH, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. 
MARKEY of Massachusetts, Ms. MATSUI, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, 
Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MEEK of Flor-
ida, Mr. MEEKS of New York, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of 
California, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. MUR-
PHY of Connecticut, Mr. PATRICK J. MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Mr. NAD-
LER of New York, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. NORTON, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. 
OLVER, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. PASTOR of Arizona, Mr. 
PAYNE, Ms. PINGREE of Maine, Mr. POLIS of Colorado, Mr. PRICE of 
North Carolina, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. ROTHMAN of New Jersey, Ms. 
ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. RUSH, Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of California, Ms. 
LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Mr. SARBANES, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. 
SCHIFF, Ms. SCHWARTZ, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. SESTAK, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, 
Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. SIRES, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. SMITH of Washington, 
Ms. SPEIER, Mr. STARK, Ms. SUTTON, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. 
TIERNEY, Mr. TOWNS, Ms. TSONGAS, Mr. VAN
HOLLEN, Ms. 
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VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. WATSON, Mr. WAXMAN, 
Mr. WEINER, Mr. WELCH, Mr. WEXLER, Ms. WOOLSEY, and Mr. WU) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Armed Services 
A BILL 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to enhance the 
readiness of the Armed Forces by replacing the current 
policy concerning homosexuality in the Armed Forces, 
referred to as ‘‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’’, with a policy 
of nondiscrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military Readiness En-
hancement Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 
The purpose of this Act is to institute in the Armed 
Forces a policy of nondiscrimination based on sexual ori-
entation. 
SEC. 3. REPEAL OF 1993 POLICY CONCERNING HOMOSEX-
UALITY IN THE ARMED FORCES. 
The following provisions of law are repealed: 
(1) Section 654 of title 10, United States Code. 
(2) Subsections (b), (c), and (d) of section 571 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 1994 (10 U.S.C. 654 note). 
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