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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should rescind Department of Defense Directive 1332.14 section H.1, which bans gay, lesbian, and bisexual Americans from…

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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should rescind Department of Defense Directive 1332.14 section H.1, which bans gay, lesbian, and bisexual Americans from military service.

Introduced: November 6, 1991 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Agreed to (House)
Nov 14, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel and Compensation.
Nov 14, 1991
Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
Nov 6, 1991
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Nov 6, 1991
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Urges the President to rescind a Department of Defense directive which bans gays, lesbians, and bisexual Americans from military service.

What's happening now November 14, 1991

Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel and Compensation.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 8 Independent 1
D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Apr 30, 1992
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Apr 30, 1992
 D
Mfume, Kweisi
Maryland · Feb 25, 1992
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Feb 25, 1992
 D
Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Jan 28, 1992
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Jan 3, 1992
 D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Nov 22, 1991
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Nov 6, 1991
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Nov 6, 1991
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 271: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should rescind Department of Defense Directive 1332.14 section H.1, which bans gay, lesbian, and bisexual Americans from military service.. 102nd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HRES-271/
MLA
"H. Res. 271: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should rescind Department of Defense Directive 1332.14 section H.1, which bans gay, lesbian, and bisexual Americans from military service.." 102nd Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HRES-271/.
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H. Res. 271, 102nd Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HRES-271/.
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