[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2981 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2981

 To prohibit discrimination by the Armed Forces on the basis of sexual 
                              orientation.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 6, 1993

  Mr. Nadler introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit discrimination by the Armed Forces on the basis of sexual 
                              orientation.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON DISCRIMINATION IN THE MILITARY ON THE BASIS 
              OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION.

    (a) In General.--No member of the Armed Forces, or person seeking 
to become a member of the Armed Forces, may be discriminated against by 
the Armed Forces on the basis of sexual orientation.
    (b) Preservation of Rules and Policies Regarding Sexual 
Misconduct.--Nothing in subsection (a) may be construed as requiring 
the Armed Forces to modify any rule or policy regarding sexual 
misconduct or otherwise to sanction or condone sexual misconduct, but 
such rules and policies may not be applied in a manner that 
discriminates on the basis of sexual orientation.

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