HR 1559
105th Congress
House
Armed Forces and National Security
Air force
Air force personnel
Army
Army personnel
Marine corps
Marines
Military training
Naval personnel
Navy
Officer personnel
Women
Women soldiers
Military Recruit Training Policy Restoration Act of 1997
Introduced: May 8, 1997
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Everywhere this bill has been
5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 4, 1997
Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from DOD.
May 20, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
May 20, 1997
Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
May 8, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on National Security.
May 8, 1997
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Military Recruit Training Policy Restoration Act of 1997 - Directs the Secretaries of the military departments concerned to require that basic training (or its equivalent) at the company level and below (at the group level and below, with respect to the Air Force) be conducted through separate units for male and female recruits. Allows only male officers to command and serve as drill instructors in a male training unit, and only female officers to command and serve as drill instructors in a female training unit.
What's happening now
Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from DOD.
Committees of jurisdiction
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