Commission to Study the Stigmatization, Criminalization, and Ongoing Exclusion and Inequity for LGBTQ Servicemembers and Veterans Act
- Last Action
- 6/23/2021
Actions
- 2021-06-23Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
- 2021-06-23Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2021-06-23 (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 (5)
- Ben Cardin (D-MD)
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
- Edward Markey (D-MA)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
- Cory Booker (D-NJ)
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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