[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3724 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3724

  To amend title 10, United States Code, to defer the deployment of a 
  member of the Armed Forces who gives birth for one year unless the 
  member elects to deploy with the approval of a health care provider 
                employed at a military medical facility.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 11, 2019

   Ms. Meng (for herself, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Meeks, Mr. Serrano, Ms. 
  Houlahan, Mr. Case, and Ms. Porter) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 10, United States Code, to defer the deployment of a 
  member of the Armed Forces who gives birth for one year unless the 
  member elects to deploy with the approval of a health care provider 
                employed at a military medical facility.

    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 ``Equal Deferment Opportunity Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFERRED DEPLOYMENT FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES WHO GIVE 
              BIRTH.

    Section 701 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(l) A member of the armed forces who gives birth may not be 
deployed during the period of 12 months beginning on the date of such 
birth except--
            ``(1) at the election of such member; and
            ``(2) with the approval of a health care provider employed 
        at a military medical treatment facility.''.
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