[History of Bills, Volume 155 (2009)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
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H.R. 1283--A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to enhance
the readiness of the Armed Forces by replacing the current policy
concerning homosexuality in the Armed Forces, referred to as
``Don't Ask, Don't Tell'', with a policy of nondiscrimination on
the basis of sexual orientation; to the Committee on Armed
Services.
By Mrs. TAUSCHER (for herself, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Ackerman, Mr.
Andrews, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Berman, Mr. Bishop of New York,
Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Capuano,
Mr. Carson of Indiana, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mrs. Christensen, Ms.
Clarke, Mr. Clay, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Courtney,
Mr. Crowley, Mr. Cummings, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. DeFazio, Mr.
Delahunt, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Dingell, Mr. Doyle, Ms. Edwards of
Maryland, Mr. Ellison, Mr. Engel, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Farr, Mr. Fattah, Mr.
Filner, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr.
Hall of New York, Mr. Hare, Ms. Harman, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr.
Hinchey, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Holt, Mr. Honda, Mr. Inslee, Mr. Israel, Ms.
Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Kennedy,
Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Ms. Lee of
California, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Loebsack, Ms. Zoe Lofgren of
California, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Lynch, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Markey of
Massachusetts, Ms. Matsui, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Ms. McCollum,
Mr. McDermott, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Meek of Florida, Mr. Meeks of New
York, Mr. Michaud, Mr. George Miller of California, Ms. Moore of
Wisconsin, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. Murphy of Connecticut, Mr.
Patrick J. Murphy of Pennsylvania, Mr. Nadler of New York, Mrs.
Napolitano, Ms. Norton, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. Olver, Mr. Pallone, Mr.
Pascrell, Mr. Pastor of Arizona, Mr. Payne, Ms. Pingree of Maine, Mr.
Polis of Colorado, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr.
Rothman of New Jersey, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Rush, Ms. Linda T.
Sanchez of California, Ms. Loretta Sanchez of California, Mr.
Sarbanes, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Schiff, Ms. Schwartz, Mr. Serrano, Mr.
Sestak, Ms. Shea-Porter, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Sires, Ms. Slaughter, Mr.
Smith of Washington, Ms. Speier, Mr. Stark, Ms. Sutton, Mr. Thompson
of California, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Towns, Ms. Tsongas, Mr. Van Hollen,
Ms. Velazquez, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. Watson, Mr. Waxman, Mr.
Weiner, Mr. Welch, Mr. Wexler, Ms. Woolsey, and Mr. Wu), H2924 [3MR]
Cosponsors added, H3056 [5MR], H3078 [6MR], H3105 [9MR], H3402
[12MR], H3527 [17MR], H3749 [23MR], H4525 [2AP], H4840 [27AP], H5000
[29AP], H5582 [13MY], H6076 [2JN], H6307 [8JN], H6415 [9JN], H6904
[16JN], H7146 [23JN], H7706 [26JN], H7837 [8JY], H7947 [9JY], H8009
[10JY], H8100 [14JY], H8185 [15JY], H8356 [17JY], H8586 [22JY],
H9056 [29JY], H9207 [30JY], H9281 [31JY], H9397 [9SE], H9730 [17SE],
H9807 [22SE], H9899 [23SE], H9962 [24SE], H10070 [29SE], H11167
[8OC], H11298 [13OC], H11383 [14OC], H11458 [15OC], H11581 [21OC],
H11868 [27OC], H13629, H14372 [8DE], H14743 [10DE], H14827 [11DE]