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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3406 
To prohibit individuals with gender dysphoria from serving as members of 
the Armed Forces, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 14, 2025 
Mr. MOORE of Alabama (for himself, Ms. HAGEMAN, Mrs. LUNA, Mr. DAVID-
SON, Ms. GREENE of Georgia, and Mr. CLYDE) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To prohibit individuals with gender dysphoria from serving 
as members of the Armed Forces, 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 ‘‘Readiness Over 
Wokeness Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON SERVICE IN THE ARMED FORCES 
BY INDIVIDUALS WITH GENDER DYSPHORIA. 
Chapter 49 of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed by inserting after section 974 the following new section: 
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‘‘§ 975. Prohibition on service in the Armed Forces by 
individuals with gender dysphoria 
‘‘(a) PROHIBITION.—A person may not serve as a 
member of the Armed Forces if the person— 
‘‘(1) has a current diagnosis or history of, or 
exhibits symptoms consistent with, gender dysphoria; 
or 
‘‘(2) has a history of gender affirming care, in-
cluding cross-sex hormone therapy or sex reassign-
ment or genital reconstruction surgery as treatment 
for gender dysphoria or in pursuit of a sex transi-
tion. 
‘‘(b) ADMINISTRATIVE SEPARATION.—(1) The Sec-
retary concerned shall administratively discharge any 
member of the Armed Forces prohibited from serving as 
a member under subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a 
member of the Armed Forces who is separated pursuant 
to paragraph (1) and for whom no other basis exists for 
separation is not required to— 
‘‘(A) provide reimbursement for any educational 
or other benefit for which reimbursement would oth-
erwise be required due to the termination of service 
as a member of the Armed Forces; or 
‘‘(B) complete any obligation of service as a 
member of the Armed Forces. 
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‘‘(c) SECURITY CLEARANCE REINVESTIGATION.— 
The Secretary of Defense shall— 
‘‘(1) conduct a reinvestigation and readjudica-
tion of the eligibility for access to classified informa-
tion of any person administratively discharged under 
subsection (b) who was eligible to access classified 
information at the time of separation from the 
Armed Forces; or 
‘‘(2) with respect to any such person who, after 
separation from the Armed Forces, does not serve in 
a position requiring eligibility to access classified in-
formation or who declines to participate in a reinves-
tigation or readjudication of the eligibility of such 
person for access to classified information, revoke 
the eligibility of such person for access to classified 
information.’’. 
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