Commission to Study the Stigmatization, Criminalization, and Ongoing Exclusion and Inequity for LGBTQ Servicemembers and Veterans Act
- Last Action
- 11/4/2021
Actions
- 2021-11-04Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 18 - 10.
- 2021-11-04Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- 2021-11-04Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Discharged.
- 2021-09-09Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
- 2021-03-03Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2021-03-03Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2021-03-03Introduced in House
- 2021-03-03Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2021-03-03 (00)
Commission to Study the Stigmatization, Criminalization, and Ongoing Exclusion and Inequity for LGBTQ Servicemembers and Veterans Act
This bill establishes the Commission to Study the Stigmatization, Criminalization, and Ongoing Exclusion and Inequity for LGBTQ Servicemembers and Veterans. The Commission must identify and compile information about the history of military policy regarding homosexuality from 1778 onward, including regarding lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) sexual orientation and gender identity.
The Commission must hold public hearings, gather public testimony, examine lasting and disparate impacts of the discriminatory policies on the physical and mental well-being of members of the Armed Forces, and make recommendations on appropriate remedies.
Cosponsors (20)
- Anthony Brown (D-MD)
- David Cicilline (D-RI)
- Mary Scanlon (D-PA)
- Dina Titus (D-NV)
- Mike Levin (D-CA)
- ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
- Alan Lowenthal (D-CA)
- TIM RYAN (D-OH)
- Albio Sires (D-NJ)
- JAMES MCGOVERN (D-MA)
- Judy Chu (D-CA)
- Sharice Davids (D-KS)
- Mark Pocan (D-WI)
- Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ)
- Henry Johnson (D-GA)
- Ritchie Torres (D-NY)
- Jim Costa (D-CA)
- Marie Newman (D-IL)
- William Keating (D-MA)
- Ed Case (D-HI)
Subjects
- Advisory bodies
- Congressional oversight
- Employment discrimination and employee rights
- Government studies and investigations
- Mental health
- Military history
- Military medicine
- Military personnel and dependents
- Minority employment
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
- Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
- Veterans' medical care
- Veterans' pensions and compensation
- Women's employment
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