A bill to require the Secretary of the Army to establish sex-neutral high fitness standards for combat Military Occupational Specialties (MOSs).

Bill: 117-s-4957
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2022-09-27
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Latest action: action_date: 2022-09-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-09-27
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill requires the Department of the Army to establish sex-neutral fitness standards for combat Military Occupational Specialties (MOSs) that are higher than those for non-combat MOSs and brief Congress on the established combat MOSs and the methodology for determining such MOSs.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4957 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 27, 2022 Ms. Ernst introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To require the Secretary of the Army to establish sex-neutral high fitness standards for combat Military Occupational Specialties (MOSs).

1. Sex-neutral high fitness standards for Army combat Military Occupational Specialties Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall— (1) establish sex-neutral fitness standards for combat Military Occupational Specialties (MOSs) that are higher than those for non-combat MOSs; and (2) provide a briefing to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Service of the House of Representatives describing— (A) the list of combat MOSs established for purposes of paragraph (1); and (B) the methodology used to determine whether to include a MOS on such list.