S.Amdt. 1051

SA 1051. Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself and Ms. Collins) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1003 proposed by Mr.
McCain (for himself and Mr. Reed) to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2018 for military activities of the
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle C of title V, add the following:

SEC. ___. 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

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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).
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