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H.R. 1596

Commission to Study the Stigmatization, Criminalization, and Ongoing Exclusion and Inequity for LGBTQ Servicemembers and Veterans Act

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.

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 18 - 10.

Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-41](D-CA)Sponsor
52 cosponsors52 D
52cosponsors2committees8actions1related bills15subjects
  1. Committee

    Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 18 - 10.

    Veterans' Affairs Committee
  2. Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Veterans' Affairs Committee
  3. Committee

    Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Discharged.

    Veterans' Affairs Committee
  4. Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.

    Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee
  5. IntroReferralH11100

    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
  6. IntroReferralH11100

    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
  7. IntroReferralIntro-H

    Introduced in House

  8. IntroReferral1000

    Introduced in House

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