To amend title 10, United States Code, and the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994, to codify and clarify gender neutral standards for members of certain Armed Forces, and for other purposes.

This bill would bar the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Space Force from excluding a service member from any job, career field, or assignment because of gender, starting September 30, 2026. The Secretary of Defense would send Congress a yearly report on changes to job standards and on members involuntarily reclassified or separated, broken down by job and gender. The bill would require job standards to be based on a scientifically rigorous process and to cover technical, tactical, cognitive, or physical abilities. It would lengthen the advance notice to Congress for proposed standard changes from 60 to 180 days and add cost and research details to that notice. It would also require the Pentagon to give Congress an unredacted Institute for Defense Analyses review of Army and Marine Corps ground combat units, followed by a review from the Comptroller General.

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Sponsors

• Chrissy Houlahan Democrat sponsor
• 38 cosponsors