[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2959 Introduced in House (IH)]

  2d Session
                                H. R. 2959

To repeal the requirement enacted in the National Defense Authorization 
 Act for Fiscal Year 1996 for the mandatory discharge or retirement of 
          any member of the Armed Forces who is HIV-positive.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 1, 1996

Mr. Torkildsen (for himself, Ms. Harman, Mr. Dellums, Mrs. Morella, Mr. 
Shays, Mr. Gunderson, Mr. Studds, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Ward, Ms. DeLauro, 
Mr. Boehlert, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. Gilman, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. 
 Meehan, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Sabo, Mr. Yates, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. Markey, 
   Mr. Miller of California, Mr. Farr of California, Mr. Waxman, Mr. 
 Deutsch, Ms. Waters, Ms. Rivers, Mr. Matsui, Mr. Brown of California, 
Mr. Ackerman, Ms. Furse, Mrs. Schroeder, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Martinez, Mr. 
    Evans, Mr. Berman, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Hinchey, Ms. 
      Slaughter, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Olver, Mr. Stark, Mr. Kennedy of 
    Massachusetts, Mr. Gejdenson, and Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           National Security

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                                 A BILL


 
To repeal the requirement enacted in the National Defense Authorization 
 Act for Fiscal Year 1996 for the mandatory discharge or retirement of 
          any member of the Armed Forces who is HIV-positive.

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

SECTION 1. REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT FOR DISCHARGE OR RETIREMENT OF HIV-
              POSITIVE MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

    Section 567 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 1996 is repealed and the provisions of section 1177 of title 10, 
United States Code (and the item relating to that section in the table 
of sections at the beginning of chapter 59 of such title), as amended 
by that section 567, are hereby amended so as to read as in effect on 
the day before the date of the enactment of that Act.
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