Ensuring Military Readiness Not Discrimination Act
Latest action · Jan 16, 2025 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.
- IntroducedJan 16, 2025
- 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 any of the Armed Forces 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, or sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation, or sex characteristics).
Cosponsors 52
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 16, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IL | Eric Sorensen | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| D-VT | Becca Balint | Jan 31, 2025 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Jan 31, 2025 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Jan 31, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Emily Randall | Jan 31, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. | Jan 31, 2025 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jan 31, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Jan 31, 2025 | |
| D-HI | Jill N. Tokuda | Jan 31, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Jan 31, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Jan 31, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Jan 31, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Jan 31, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Jan 31, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Sylvia R. Garcia | Jan 31, 2025 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Feb 6, 2025 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Feb 6, 2025 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Feb 6, 2025 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Feb 6, 2025 | |
| D-NV | Steven Horsford | Feb 6, 2025 | |
| D-LA | Troy A. Carter | Feb 6, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Veronica Escobar | Feb 6, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Feb 7, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Jonathan L. Jackson | Feb 7, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Feb 7, 2025 | |
| D-OR | Andrea Salinas | Feb 12, 2025 | |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Feb 12, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | LaMonica McIver | Feb 12, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Feb 12, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Feb 12, 2025 | |
| D-DE | Sarah McBride | Feb 12, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Feb 27, 2025 | |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Feb 27, 2025 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Feb 27, 2025 | |
| D-GA | Nikema Williams | Feb 27, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Feb 27, 2025 | |
| D-NC | Valerie P. Foushee | Feb 27, 2025 | |
| D-VA | Jennifer L. McClellan | Mar 10, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Mar 10, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Mar 10, 2025 | |
| D-KS | Sharice Davids | Mar 25, 2025 | |
| D-RI | Seth Magaziner | Oct 21, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Jun 8, 2026 | |
| D-FL | Maxwell Frost | Jun 8, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Jun 23, 2026 | |
| D-OR | Maxine Dexter | Jun 23, 2026 | |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Jun 23, 2026 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Jun 23, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Jun 23, 2026 | |
| D-AZ | Adelita S. Grijalva | Jun 30, 2026 | |
| D-VA | James R. Walkinshaw | Jun 30, 2026 | |
| D-TX | Julie Johnson | Jun 30, 2026 |
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 Jan 16, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 16, 2025Introduced in House
- Jan 16, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
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. 171, no. 9, January 16, 2025, page H223.
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.
- Jan 16, 2025Introduced 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.
