US Congress House Bill 2839 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 145-1)
Status: Introduced on July 25 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-08-29 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Military Personnel Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Restore Honor to Service Members Act - Requires appropriate military record correction boards or discharge review boards to review the discharge characterization of any former members of the Armed Forces requesting a review who were discharged because of their sexual orientation. Permits such boards to change a characterization to honorable if such characterization is any characterization except honorable. Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to ensure that any such changes are carried out consistently and uniformly across the military departments using specified criteria, including that: (1) the original discharge was based on the policy of Don't Ask Don't Tell (as in effect before it was repealed pursuant to the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010) or a similar earlier policy; and (2) the discharge characterization will be changed if, with respect to the original discharge, there were no aggravating circumstances, such as misconduct, that would have independently led to any discharge characterization except honorable. Prohibits "aggravating circumstances" from including: (1) an offense of sodomy committed by the member against a consenting person of the same sex; or (2) statements, consensual sexual conduct, or consensual acts relating to sexual orientation or identity, or the disclosure of such statements, conduct, or acts, that were prohibited at the time of discharge but that became permitted after such discharge. Directs the Secretary of each military department to ensure that oral historians of the department: (1) review discharges between World War II and September 2011 based on sexual orientation, and (2) receive oral testimony of individuals who personally experienced discrimination and discharge because of actual or perceived sexual orientation so that such testimony may serve as an official record of such discriminatory policies and their impact on American lives. Requires the reissuance of specified military personnel records and discharge forms in a manner that shall not reflect the sexual orientation of the member. Amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice to remove from the offense of sodomy specified activity referred to as unnatural carnal copulation with another person of the same or opposite sex.

Restore Honor to Service Members Act

Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Robert Andrews [D-NJ]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]
Rep. Timothy Bishop [D-NY]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]
Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]	Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]
Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Donna Christensen [D-VI]
Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]
Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. John Delaney [D-MD]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]
Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. John Dingell [D-MI]	Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]
Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. William Enyart [D-IL]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]
Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]	Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]	Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]
Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]	Rep. Alan Grayson [D-FL]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. Janice Hahn [D-CA]	Rep. Colleen Hanabusa [D-HI]
Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]
Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Steven Horsford [D-NV]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]
Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]
Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]
Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]
Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]
Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]
Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]
Rep. Daniel Maffei [D-NY]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D-NY]
Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]
Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]	Rep. George Miller [D-CA]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]
Rep. James Moran [D-VA]	Rep. Patrick Murphy [D-FL]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Gloria Negrete McLeod [D-CA]
Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]	Rep. William Owens [D-NY]
Rep. Ed Pastor [D-AZ]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]	Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]
Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]	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. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]
Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Sen. Adam Schiff [D-CA]
Rep. Bradley Schneider [D-IL]	Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D-PA]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]	Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]
Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. John Tierney [D-MA]
Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]
Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]	Rep. Henry Waxman [D-CA]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]
Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-08-29	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
2013-07-25	House	Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

SB1956 (Related) 2014-01-16 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/2839/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr2839/BILLS-113hr2839ih.pdf