[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 190 (Thursday, October 28, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7480-S7481]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3973. Mrs. GILLIBRAND submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be 
proposed to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2022 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 part II of subtitle B of title V, add the 
     following:

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     SEC. 520B. NON-DISCRIMINATION AND SERVICE IN THE ARMED 
                   FORCES.

       (a) In General.--Chapter 37 of title 10, United States 
     Code, is amended by inserting after section 653 the following 
     new section:

     ``Sec. 654. Non-discrimination and service in the armed 
       forces

       ``Service in the armed forces shall be open to all persons 
     who are able meet the standards and eligibility criteria for 
     military service, without regard to race, color, national 
     origin, religion, or sex (including gender identity and 
     sexual orientation).''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the 
     item relating to section 653 the following new item:

``654. Non-discrimination and service in the armed forces.''.
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