US Congress House Bill 1283 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 191-3-1)
Status: Introduced on March 3 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-03-31 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Military Personnel Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 - Repeals current Department of Defense (DOD) policy concerning homosexuality in the Armed Forces. Prohibits the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Homeland Security 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 for homosexuality, bisexuality, or homosexual conduct. Requires such Secretaries to ensure that regulations governing the personal conduct of members of the Armed Forces are written and enforced without regard to sexual orientation.

Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009

Rep. Neil Abercrombie [D-HI]	Rep. Gary Ackerman [D-NY]	Rep. John Adler [D-NJ]	Rep. Robert Andrews [D-NJ]
Rep. Michael Arcuri [D-NY]	Rep. Joe Baca [D-CA]	Rep. Brian Baird [D-WA]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]
Rep. Xavier Becerra [D-CA]	Rep. Shelley Berkley [D-NV]	Rep. Howard Berman [D-CA]	Rep. Timothy Bishop [D-NY]
Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. Bruce Braley [D-IA]
Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]	Rep. Anh Cao [R-LA]	Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]
Rep. Russ Carnahan [D-MO]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Donna Christensen [D-VI]
Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]
Rep. James Clyburn [D-SC]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]
Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Kathleen Dahlkemper [D-PA]
Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]
Rep. Bill Delahunt [D-MA]	Rep. William Delahunt [D-MA]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]
Rep. Norman Dicks [D-WA]	Rep. John Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]
Rep. Steve Driehaus [D-OH]	Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]
Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Eni Faleomavaega [D-AS]	Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]
Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA]	Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]	Rep. Barney Frank [D-MA]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]
Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Charles Gonzalez [D-TX]	Rep. Alan Grayson [D-FL]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. John Hall [D-NY]	Rep. Phil Hare [D-IL]
Rep. Jane Harman [D-CA]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]
Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D-NY]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Rep. Paul Hodes [D-NH]
Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Jay Inslee [D-WA]	Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]
Rep. Jesse Jackson [D-IL]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]
Rep. Steve Kagen [D-WI]	Rep. Patrick Kennedy [D-RI]	Rep. Dale Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick [D-MI]
Rep. Mary Kilroy [D-OH]	Rep. Ron Klein [D-FL]	Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D-OH]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]
Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Sander Levin [D-MI]
Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]
Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Daniel Maffei [D-NY]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]
Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Rep. Eric Massa [D-NY]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D-NY]
Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Michael McMahon [D-NY]
Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]	Rep. Kendrick Meek [D-FL]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]
Rep. Brad Miller [D-NC]	Rep. George Miller [D-CA]	Rep. Alan Mollohan [D-WV]	Rep. Dennis Moore [D-KS]
Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. James Moran [D-VA]	Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]	Rep. Patrick Murphy [R-PA]
Rep. Scott Murphy [D-NY]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. James Oberstar [D-MN]	Rep. John Olver [D-MA]	Rep. William Owens [D-NY]
Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. Ed Pastor [D-AZ]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]
Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]	Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]	Rep. Pedro Pierluisi [N-PR]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]
Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]
Rep. Silvestre Reyes [D-TX]	Rep. Laura Richardson [D-CA]	Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]	Rep. Steven Rothman [D-NJ]
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. John Salazar [D-CO]
Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Loretta Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]
Sen. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]	Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D-PA]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]
Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Joe Sestak [D-PA]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]
Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Vic Snyder [D-AR]
Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Fortney Stark [D-CA]	Rep. Betty Sutton [D-OH]	Rep. Ellen Tauscher [D-CA]
Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. John Tierney [D-MA]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]
Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Edolphus Towns [D-NY]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]
Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Peter Visclosky [D-IN]	Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]	Rep. Diane Watson [D-CA]	Rep. Melvin Watt [D-NC]
Rep. Henry Waxman [D-CA]	Rep. Anthony Weiner [D-NY]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Robert Wexler [D-FL]
Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D-CA]	Rep. David Wu [D-OR]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-03-31		Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
2009-03-03		Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

SB3065 (Related) 2010-03-03 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/1283/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr1283/BILLS-111hr1283ih.pdf