Ensuring Military Readiness Not Discrimination Act
Latest action · Mar 27, 2023 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 27, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Ensuring Military Readiness Not Discrimination Act
This bill addresses the standards for eligibility for service in the Armed Forces. Specifically, the bill provides that any qualifications established or applied relating to eligibility for service in an Armed Force must not include any criteria relating to the race, color, national origin, religion or sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation, or sex characteristics) of an individual.
Additionally, any personnel policy developed or implemented by a military department with respect to members of the Armed Forces must ensure equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons, without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, and sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation, or sex characteristics).
Cosponsors 33
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 27, 2023 to Aug 22, 2023; 22 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Mar 27, 2023 |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Original | Mar 27, 2023 |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Original | Mar 27, 2023 |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Original | Mar 27, 2023 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Mar 27, 2023 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Mar 27, 2023 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | Mar 27, 2023 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | Mar 27, 2023 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Mar 27, 2023 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Mar 27, 2023 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Mar 27, 2023 |
| D-HI | Jill N. Tokuda | Original | Mar 27, 2023 |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Original | Mar 27, 2023 |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | Original | Mar 27, 2023 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Original | Mar 27, 2023 |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Original | Mar 27, 2023 |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | Mar 27, 2023 |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Original | Mar 27, 2023 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Mar 27, 2023 |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Original | Mar 27, 2023 |
| D-TX | Sylvia R. Garcia | Original | Mar 27, 2023 |
| D-TX | Veronica Escobar | Original | Mar 27, 2023 |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Apr 17, 2023 | |
| D-TX | Jasmine Crockett | Apr 17, 2023 | |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | Apr 17, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Sydney Kamlager-Dove | Apr 17, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Kevin Mullin | May 31, 2023 | |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | May 31, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | May 31, 2023 | |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Jun 20, 2023 | |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Jun 30, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Aug 22, 2023 | |
| D-RI | Seth Magaziner | Aug 22, 2023 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Mar 27, 2023 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 27, 2023Introduced in House
- Mar 27, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H5545 | Sara Jacobs D-CA | Sep 20, 2024 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 55, March 27, 2023, page H1465.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 10, United States Code, to prohibit discrimination in the Armed Forces.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Ensuring Military Readiness Not Discrimination Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 27, 2023Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
