A bill to provide for the retention and service of transgender members of the Armed Forces.

Bill: 115-s-1820
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2017-09-14
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Government studies and investigations

Military personnel and dependents

Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Latest action: action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-09-14
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill prohibits the involuntary separation of a member of the Armed Forces, or denial of reenlistment or continuation in the Armed Forces, solely on the basis of the member's gender identity.</p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1820 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 14, 2017 Mrs. Gillibrand (for herself, Mr. McCain , Ms. Collins , and Mr. Reed ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To provide for the retention and service of transgender members of the Armed Forces.

1. Retention and service of transgender members of the Armed Forces (a) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that individuals who are qualified and can meet the standards to serve in the military should be eligible to serve. (b) Certain actions relating to currently serving members of the Armed Forces A currently serving member of the Armed Forces may not be involuntarily separated from the Armed Forces, or denied reenlistment or continuation in service in the Armed Forces, solely on the basis of the member's gender identity. Nothing in this subsection relieves a member from meeting applicable military and medical standards, including deployability, or requires retention of the member in service if the member fails to meet such standards. (c) Review of accession of transgender individuals into the Armed Forces (1) Deadline for completion of review The Secretary of Defense shall complete the review of policy on the accession of transgender individuals into the Armed Forces announced by the Secretary on June 30, 2017, by not later than December 31, 2017. (2) Report Not later than February 21, 2018, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a comprehensive report on the results of the review of policy described in paragraph (1).