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S 4957 117th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security

A bill to require the Secretary of the Army to establish sex-neutral high fitness standards for combat Military Occupational Specialties (MOSs).

Introduced: September 27, 2022 Introduced by: Ernst, Joni Republican · Iowa See on congress.gov
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Sep 27, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Sep 27, 2022
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill requires the Department of the Army to establish sex-neutral fitness standards for combat Military Occupational Specialties (MOSs) that are higher than those for non-combat MOSs and brief Congress on the established combat MOSs and the methodology for determining such MOSs.

What's happening now September 27, 2022

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4957: A bill to require the Secretary of the Army to establish sex-neutral high fitness standards for combat Military Occupational Specialties (MOSs).. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4957/
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"S. 4957: A bill to require the Secretary of the Army to establish sex-neutral high fitness standards for combat Military Occupational Specialties (MOSs).." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4957/.
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S. 4957, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4957/.
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