[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 71 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 71

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             January 21 (legislative day, January 5), 1993

 Mr. Metzenbaum (for himself, Ms. Murray, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Campbell, and 
Mr. Wellstone) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              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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