S.Amdt. 633

SA 633. Mrs. GILLIBRAND submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed by her 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. ___. LIMITATION ON MODIFICATION OF STATUS OF TRANSGENDER
MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

(a) Limitation.--No action described in subsection (b) may
be taken with respect to transgender members of the Armed
Forces until 60 days after the date of the submittal to
Congress of a report on the six-month review being conducted
by the Secretary of Defense in order to evaluate the impact
of accessions of transgender individuals into the Armed
Forces on readiness and lethality that will include all
relevant considerations.
(b) Actions.--An action described in this subsection with
respect to transgender members of the Armed Forces is any of
the following in connection with the nature of such members
as transgender individuals:
(1) A modification of service status in the Armed Forces
(other than through the normal expiration of service
commitment or pursuant to a sentence of court-martial or
administrative board action).
(2) A modification of current entitlement or eligibility
for health care benefits as a member of the Armed Forces, or
of the scope or nature of benefits to which entitled or
eligible.
(3) Any change of responsibility or position (other than
through promotion or routine reassignment or deployment).
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