US Congress Senate Bill 3065 (Prior Session Legislation)

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March 3 2010 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2010 - Repeals current Department of Defense (DOD) policy concerning homosexuality in the Armed Forces. Prohibits the Secretary of Defense (Secretary), and the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy, from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation against any member of the Armed Forces or any person seeking to become a member. Authorizes the re-accession into the Armed Forces of otherwise qualified individuals previously separated on the basis of sexual orientation. Directs the Secretary to establish in DOD the Pentagon Working Group to report recommendations regarding the implementation of this Act. Requires such report to be submitted to the congressional defense committees. Requires the Secretary to: (1) revise DOD regulations and issue new regulations as necessary to implement this Act; and (2) direct each military department Secretary to do the same. Directs the Secretary to report on the compliance of institutions of higher education with federal law concerning the denial of access by such institutions to Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) military recruiting on campus, as well as a description of actions taken to effect the denial of certain federal funding to institutions that continue to prevent ROTC access.

Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2010

Sen Bingaman, Jeff	Sen Leahy, Patrick J.	Sen Cantwell, Maria	Sen Murray, Patty
Sen Sanders, Bernard	Sen Cardin, Benjamin L.	Sen Gillibrand, Kirsten E.	Sen Whitehouse, Sheldon
Sen Specter, Arlen	Sen Feingold, Russell D.	Sen Bennet, Michael F.	Sen Udall, Mark
Sen Kaufman, Edward E.	Sen Merkley, Jeff	Sen Udall, Tom	Sen Burris, Roland
Sen Feinstein, Dianne	Sen Harkin, Tom	Sen Boxer, Barbara	Sen Brown, Sherrod
Sen Casey, Robert P., Jr.	Sen Durbin, Richard	Sen Kerry, John F.	Sen Klobuchar, Amy
Sen Lautenberg, Frank R.	Sen Levin, Carl	Sen Lieberman, Joseph I.	Sen Menendez, Robert
Sen Schumer, Charles E.	Sen Stabenow, Debbie	Sen Mikulski, Barbara A.	Sen Wyden, Ron
Sen Dodd, Christopher J.	Sen Franken, Al

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-03-03		Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

HB1283 (Related) 2009-03-31 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN03065:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-111s3065is/pdf/BILLS-111s3065is.pdf