HR 1596 United States House · 117th Congress

Commission to Study the Stigmatization, Criminalization, and Ongoing Exclusion and Inequity for LGBTQ Servicemembers and Veterans Act

Summary

Commission to Study the Stigmatization, Criminalization, and Ongoing Exclusion and Inequity for LGBTQ Servicemembers and Veterans Act This bill establishes the Commission to Study the Stigmatization, Criminalization, and Ongoing Exclusion and Inequity for LGBTQ Servicemembers and Veterans. The Commission must identify and compile information about the history of military policy regarding homosexuality from 1778 onward, including regarding lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) sexual orientation and gender identity. The Commission must hold public hearings, gather public testimony, examine lasting and disparate impacts of the discriminatory policies on the physical and mental well-being of members of the Armed Forces, and make recommendations on appropriate remedies.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

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Mar 2021

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Introduced Mar 3, 2021 Last action Nov 4, 2021

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Nov 4, 2021

Introduced

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 18 - 10.

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Nov 4, 2021

Lower · Passed

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

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Nov 4, 2021

Lower · Passed

Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Discharged.

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Sep 9, 2021

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.

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Mar 3, 2021

Committee

Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

lower

Mar 3, 2021

Introduced

Introduced in House

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1 primary · 52 co-sponsors