HR 3517
116th Congress
House
Armed Forces and National Security
Administrative remedies
Congressional oversight
Department of Defense
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Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
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Restore Honor to Service Members Act
Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 16, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Jun 27, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Jun 26, 2019
Introduced in House
Jun 26, 2019
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.
Plain-English summary
Restore Honor to Service Members Act
This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to review the discharge characterization of a service member who was discharged on the basis of sexual orientation (i.e., on the basis of Don't Ask Don't Tell or a similar policy) if the service member requests such a review. If the service member's discharge is characterized as other than honorable, and if there were no aggravating circumstances that would have independently caused the discharge to be characterized as other than honorable, then DOD must change its characterization of the discharge to honorable.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.