[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 127 (Thursday, July 27, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S4605]
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  SA 728. Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself and Ms. Collins) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill H.R. 2810, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2018 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle C of title V, add the following:

     SEC. ___. LIMITATION ON MODIFICATION OF STATUS OF TRANSGENDER 
                   MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

       (a) Limitation.--No action described in subsection (b) may 
     be taken with respect to transgender members of the Armed 
     Forces until 60 days after the date of the submittal to 
     Congress of a report on the six-month review being conducted 
     by the Secretary of Defense in order to evaluate the impact 
     of accessions of transgender individuals into the Armed 
     Forces on readiness and lethality that will include all 
     relevant considerations.
       (b) Actions.--An action described in this subsection with 
     respect to transgender members of the Armed Forces is any of 
     the following in connection with the nature of such members 
     as transgender individuals:
       (1) A modification of service status in the Armed Forces 
     (other than through the normal expiration of service 
     commitment or pursuant to a sentence of court-martial or 
     administrative board action).
       (2) A modification of current entitlement or eligibility 
     for health care benefits as a member of the Armed Forces, or 
     of the scope or nature of benefits to which entitled or 
     eligible.
       (3) Any change of responsibility or position (other than 
     through promotion or routine reassignment or deployment).
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