US Congress Senate Bill 3065 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 32-2)
Status: Introduced on March 3 2010 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2010-03-03 - 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. Michael Bennet [D-CO]	Sen. Jeff Bingaman [D-NM]	Sen. Barbara Boxer [D-CA]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]
Sen. Roland Burris [D-IL]	Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA]	Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]
Sen. Christopher Dodd [D-CT]	Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Russell Feingold [D-WI]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]
Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Tom Harkin [D-IA]	Sen. Edward Kaufman [D-DE]
Sen. John Kerry [D-MA]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D-NJ]	Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]
Sen. Carl Levin [D-MI]	Sen. Joseph Lieberman [I-CT]	Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]	Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]
Sen. Barbara Mikulski [D-MD]	Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]	Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]	Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]
Sen. Arlen Specter [D-PA]	Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]	Sen. Mark Udall [D-CO]	Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM]
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]	Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]

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	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/3065/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/s3065/BILLS-111s3065is.pdf