S.Amdt. 869

SA 869. Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself and Ms. Collins) 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. ___. 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) Prohibition on Certain Actions Based on Member Gender
Identity.--A 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.
(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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