Commission to Study the Stigmatization, Criminalization, and Ongoing Exclusion and Inequity for LGBTQ Servicemembers and Veterans Act
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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.
What just happenedNov 4, 2021
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 18 - 10.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseMar 3, 2021
- Nov 4, 2021Committee
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 18 - 10.
Veterans' Affairs Committee - Nov 4, 2021Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Veterans' Affairs Committee - Nov 4, 2021Committee
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Discharged.
Veterans' Affairs Committee - Sep 9, 2021Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee - Mar 3, 2021IntroReferralH11100
Referred 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.
Veterans' Affairs Committee - Mar 3, 2021IntroReferralH11100
Referred 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.
Armed Services Committee - Mar 3, 2021IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Mar 3, 2021IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House