3.0.0 3065 2023-01-11T13:16:15Z 2023-01-11T13:16:15Z Senate S S 2010-03-03 111 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2010-03-03T19:22:41Z Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 111 1283 HR 2009-03-31 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. Related bill CRS 2010-03-03 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral 2010-03-03 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN ID CT I. N L000261 Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] CARL LEVIN D MI MILTON 2010-03-03 True U000038 Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO] MARK UDALL D CO 2010-03-03 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2010-03-03 True B001266 Sen. Burris, Roland [D-IL] Roland Burris D IL 2010-03-03 True B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2010-03-03 True B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2010-03-03 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2010-03-03 True L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2010-03-03 True S000709 Sen. Specter, Arlen [D-PA] ARLEN SPECTER D PA 2010-03-03 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2010-03-03 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2010-03-03 True F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2010-03-03 True C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2010-03-03 True K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2010-03-09 False D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2010-03-09 False S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2010-03-09 False L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2010-03-09 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2010-03-09 False U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM 2010-03-09 False S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2010-03-09 False F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. 2010-03-09 False C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2010-03-09 False D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2010-03-11 False C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2010-03-15 False S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2010-03-16 False B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2010-04-26 False M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2010-04-27 False K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2010-04-28 False K000373 Sen. Kaufman, Edward E. [D-DE] Edward Kaufman D DE E. 2010-05-13 False M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2010-05-13 False W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2010-05-13 False M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2010-05-13 False H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD 2010-05-27 False Armed Forces and National Security Administrative law and regulatory procedures Coast guard Department of Defense Department of Homeland Security Employment discrimination and employee rights Military personnel and dependents Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination Armed Forces and National Security 00 2010-03-03 Introduced in Senate 2010-04-06T18:00:42Z Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2010 - Repeals current Department of Defense (DOD) policy concerning homosexuality in the Armed Forces.

Prohibits the Secretary of Defense (Secretary), and the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy, from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation against any member of the Armed Forces or any person seeking to become a member. Authorizes the re-accession into the Armed Forces of otherwise qualified individuals previously separated on the basis of sexual orientation.

Directs the Secretary to establish in DOD the Pentagon Working Group to report recommendations regarding the implementation of this Act. Requires such report to be submitted to the congressional defense committees.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) revise DOD regulations and issue new regulations as necessary to implement this Act; and (2) direct each military department Secretary to do the same.

Directs the Secretary to report on the compliance of institutions of higher education with federal law concerning the denial of access by such institutions to Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) military recruiting on campus, as well as a description of actions taken to effect the denial of certain federal funding to institutions that continue to prevent ROTC access.

]]> Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2010 Display Title Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2010 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to enhance the readiness of the Armed Forces by replacing the current policy concerning homosexuality in the Armed Forces, referred to as "Don't Ask, Don't Tell", with a policy of nondiscrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2010 Introduced in Senate 2010-03-03T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s3065is/xml/BILLS-111s3065is.xml 2010-03-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.