S.Amdt. 5938

SA 5938. Ms. HIRONO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
her to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2027 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. 529E. EXCLUSION OF MEMBERS OF ARMED FORCES FROM
ASSIGNMENTS ON THE BASIS OF GENDER:
PROHIBITION.

(a) Prohibition on Exclusion.--

``Sec. 652. Exclusion from assignments on the basis of gender

``(a) Prohibition of Exclusion.--A member of the Army,
Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, or Space Force may not be
excluded from an occupational specialty, career field, or
assignment on the basis of gender.
``(b) Annual Report.--The Secretary of Defense shall submit
to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the
House of Representatives an annual report that shall include,
with respect to the year preceding the date of the report,
the following elements:
``(1) A description of any changes to any occupational
standards (including any physical requirements), including a
description of how such new standard accurately predicts
performance of actual, regular, and recurring duties of a
military occupation.
``(2) The number of service members, by military
occupational specialty and gender, who were involuntarily
reclassified or separated (other than for criminal or
disciplinary reasons). including the reason for such
reclassifications or separations.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 8225 of title 10, United
States Code, is repealed.

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