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HR 2959 104th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security AIDS (Disease) Health Human immunodeficiency viruses Military discharges Military personnel

To repeal the requirement enacted in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 for the mandatory discharge or retirement of any member of the Armed Forces who is HIV-positive.

Introduced: February 1, 1996 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Became law
Feb 15, 1996
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Feb 15, 1996
Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
Feb 1, 1996
Referred to the House Committee on National Security.
Feb 1, 1996
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Repeals the amendments enacted under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 that require any member of the armed forces who is determined to be HIV-positive (Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1) to be separated within six months after such determination.

What's happening now February 15, 1996

Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 18
All 18 Democratic 17 Independent 1
D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Apr 15, 1996
 D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Mar 6, 1996
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Feb 28, 1996
 D
Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · Feb 27, 1996
 D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Feb 27, 1996
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Feb 23, 1996
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Feb 23, 1996
 D
Reed, Jack
Rhode Island · Feb 20, 1996
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Feb 20, 1996
 D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Feb 9, 1996
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 9, 1996
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Feb 9, 1996
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Feb 6, 1996
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Feb 1, 1996
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Feb 1, 1996
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Feb 1, 1996
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Feb 1, 1996
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Feb 1, 1996
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2959: To repeal the requirement enacted in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 for the mandatory discharge or retirement of any member of the Armed Forces who is HIV-positive.. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-2959/
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"H.R. 2959: To repeal the requirement enacted in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 for the mandatory discharge or retirement of any member of the Armed Forces who is HIV-positive.." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-2959/.
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H.R. 2959, 104th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-2959/.
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