3.0.0 1112 2025-12-05T08:52:50Z 2025-12-05T08:52:50Z House H HR 2023-02-21 118 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/1112 <pre>[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 34 (Tuesday, February 21, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. BANKS:H.R. 1112.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:The constitutional authority of Congress to enact thislegislation is provided by Article I, section 8 of the UnitedStates Constitution, specifically clause 18 (relating to thepower to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying outthe powers vested in Congress).The single subject of this legislation is:Ensuring Miltiary Readiness Act[Page H867]</pre> hsas00 Armed Services Committee House Standing Referred To 2023-02-21T17:06:45Z 118 1064 HR 2023-02-17 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. Related bill CRS 118 435 S 2023-02-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. Identical bill CRS 2023-02-21 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsas00 Armed Services Committee 2023-02-21 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2023-02-21 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B001299 Rep. Banks, Jim [R-IN-3] Jim Banks R IN 3 N M001211 Rep. Miller, Mary E. [R-IL-15] Mary Miller R IL E. 15 2023-02-24 False B000825 Rep. Boebert, Lauren [R-CO-3] Lauren Boebert R CO 3 2023-02-24 False Z000018 Rep. Zinke, Ryan K. [R-MT-1] Ryan Zinke R MT K. 1 2023-02-24 False Armed Forces and National Security Armed Forces and National Security 2023-03-15T14:00:22Z

00 2023-02-21 Introduced in House 2023-08-07T13:46:32Z <p><b>Ensuring Military Readiness Act of 2023</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to prescribe regulations regarding military service by individuals who identify as transgender. </p> <p>Under the regulations, individuals who identify as transgender with a history or diagnosis of gender dysphoria must be disqualified from military service, with some exceptions. (The bill defines <i>gender dysphoria</i> as a marked incongruence between one's experienced or expressed gender and biological sex.)</p> <p>The regulations must provide exceptions for such individuals if they have been</p> <ul> <li>stable for 36 consecutive months in their biological sex prior to accession, or</li> <li>diagnosed with gender dysphoria after entering into service if they do not undergo transition procedures and remain deployable within applicable retention standards for their biological sex.</li> </ul> <p>Under the regulations, members of the Armed Forces who have been diagnosed with gender dysphoria may continue to serve in their biological sex (regardless of any changes previously made to their gender marker in the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System, or DEERS) and receive medically necessary treatment for gender dysphoria. However, such treatment may not include gender transition procedures.</p> <p>Individuals who identify as transgender and who seek or have undergone gender transition are disqualified from military service.</p> <p>Additionally, individuals who identify as transgender, do not have a history or diagnosis of gender dysphoria, and are otherwise qualified for service may serve in the Armed Forces in their biological sex.</p> <p>DOD must prescribe regulations updating DEERS to require the gender markers for members of the Armed Forces to match their biological sex, regardless of any previous changes.</p>

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