[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 192 (Tuesday, November 2, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7609]
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SA 4137. 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 subtitle E of title V, add the following:
SEC. 576. CLARIFICATION AND EXPANSION OF PROHIBITION ON
GENDER-SEGREGATED TRAINING IN THE MARINE CORPS.
Section 565 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92; 10 U.S.C. 8431 note
prec.) is amended--
(1) in the heading, by inserting ``and officer candidates
school'' after ``depots'';
(2) in subsection (a)(1)--
(A) by striking ``training'' and inserting ``no training
platoon'' ; and
(B) by striking ``not'';
(3) in subsection (b)(1)--
(A) by striking ``training'' and inserting ``no training
platoon'' ; and
(B) by striking ``not''; and
(4) by adding at the end the following new subsections:
``(c) New Location.--No training platoon at a Marine Corps
recruit depot established after the date of the enactment of
this Act may be segregated based on gender.
``(d) Officer Candidates School.--
``(1) Prohibition.--Subject to paragraph (2), training at
Officer Candidates School, Quantico, Virginia, may not be
segregated based on gender.
``(2) Deadline.--The Commandant of the Marine Corps shall
carry out this subsection not later than five years after the
date of the enactment of this Act.''.
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