[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 337 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 337

To amend Public Law 111-321 (Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010) 
to impose an additional condition on the repeal of the policy codified 
            as section 654 of title 10, United States Code.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 19, 2011

  Mr. Hunter (for himself, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. Luetkemeyer, Mr. Davis of 
Kentucky, Mr. Chaffetz, Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Franks of Arizona, 
Mr. Pearce, Mr. West, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mr. Fleming, Mr. Bartlett, 
   Mr. Conaway, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. Huelskamp, Mr. Kline, Mr. 
 Manzullo, and Mr. Gingrey of Georgia) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend Public Law 111-321 (Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010) 
to impose an additional condition on the repeal of the policy codified 
            as section 654 of title 10, United States Code.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Restore Military Readiness Act of 
2011''.

SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL CONDITION ON REPEAL OF DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL POLICY.

    Effective as of December 22, 2010, and as if included therein as 
enacted, section 2(b) of Public Law 111-321 (124 Stat. 3516) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(3) The Chief of Staff of the Army, the Chief of Naval 
        Operations, the Commandant of the Marine Corps, and the Chief 
        of Staff of the Air Force each submit to the congressional 
        defense committees the officer's written certification that 
        repeal of section 654 of title 10, United States Code, will not 
        degrade the readiness, effectiveness, cohesion, and morale of 
        combat arms units and personnel of the Armed Force under the 
        officer's jurisdiction engaged in combat, deployed to a combat 
        theater, or preparing for deployment to a combat theater.''.
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