,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #djda  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #ab1        
#bjag,ms4 ,speier 7for herself1 ,mr4    
,dent1 ,mrs4 ,davis of ,california1 ,ms4
 ,ros-,lehtinen1 ,mr4 ,smith of         
,washington1 and ,ms4 ,sinema7          
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,armed   
,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to provide for   
the retention and service of transgender
 members of the ,armed ,forces4  #a4    
,retention and service of transgender   
members of the ,armed ,forces  7a7      
,sense of ,congress ,it is the sense of 
,congress that individuals who are      
qualified and can meet the standards to 
serve in the military should be eligible
 to serve4  7b7 ,certain actions        
relating to currently serving members of
 the ,armed ,forces ,a currently serving
 member of the ,armed ,forces may not be
 involuntarily separated from the ,armed
 ,forces1 or denied reenlistment or     
continuation in service in the ,armed   

,forces1 solely on the basis of the     
member's gender identity4 ,nothing in   
this subsection relieves a member from  
meeting applicable military and medical 
standards1 including deployability1 or  
requires retention of the member in     
service if the member fails to meet such
 standards4  7c7 ,review of accession of
 transgender individuals into the ,armed
 ,forces  7#a7 ,deadline for completion 
of review ,the ,secretary of ,defense   
shall complete the review of policy on  
the accession of transgender individuals
 into the ,armed ,forces announced by   
the ,secretary on ,june #cj1 #bjag1 by  
not later than ,december #ca1 #bjag4    
7#b7 ,report ,not later than ,february  
#ba1 #bjah1 the ,secretary shall submit 
to ,congress a comprehensive report on  
the results of the review of policy     
described in paragraph 7#a74