I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3068 
To direct the Secretary of Defense to review the discharge characterization 
of former members of the Armed Forces who were discharged by reason 
of the sexual orientation of the member, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 15, 2015 
Mr. POCAN (for himself, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. ASHFORD, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. 
BONAMICI, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mrs. BUSTOS, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. 
CA´RDENAS, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Ms. JUDY CHU 
of California, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. COHEN, Mr. 
CONNOLLY, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. DEFAZIO, 
Mr. DELANEY, Ms. DELAURO, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. 
DEUTCH, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. ENGEL, Ms. ESHOO, Ms. 
ESTY, Mr. FARR, Mr. FOSTER, Ms. FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. GRAYSON, 
Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. GUTIE´RREZ, Ms. HAHN, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. HECK 
of Washington, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. HONDA, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. JOHNSON of 
Georgia, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. KEATING, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. KEN-
NEDY, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. KILMER, Mr. KIND, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Mr. 
LANGEVIN, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Ms. LEE, Mr. LEWIS, Mr. TED 
LIEU of California, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. BEN RAY LUJA´N of New Mex-
ico, Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico, Mr. LYNCH, Mrs. 
CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of 
New York, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. 
MENG, Ms. MOORE, Mr. MURPHY of Florida, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. 
PAYNE, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. PETERS, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. POLIS, Mr. 
QUIGLEY, Mr. RIBBLE, Miss RICE of New York, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, 
Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. RUSH, Mr. SARBANES, Ms. SCHA-
KOWSKY, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. SINEMA, Mr. SIRES, Ms. 
SPEIER, Mr. TAKAI, Mr. TAKANO, Ms. TITUS, Mr. TONKO, Ms. TSONGAS, 
Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. VEASEY, Mr. WALZ, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. 
YARMUTH, and Mr. BEYER) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Armed Services 
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A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Defense to review the discharge 
characterization of former members of the Armed Forces 
who were discharged by reason of the sexual orientation 
of the member, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Restore Honor to Serv-
ice Members Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REVIEW OF DISCHARGE CHARACTERIZATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with this section, 
the appropriate discharge boards— 
(1) shall review the discharge characterization 
of covered members at the request of the covered 
member; and 
(2) if such characterization is any characteriza-
tion except honorable, may change such character-
ization to honorable. 
(b) CRITERIA.—In changing the discharge character-
ization of a covered member to honorable under subsection 
(a)(2), the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that such 
changes are carried out consistently and uniformly across 
the military departments using the following criteria: 
(1) The original discharge must be based on 
Don’t Ask Don’t Tell (in this Act referred to as 
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