,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bica  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #bb1 #bjai,mr4  
,pappas 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,kennedy1    
,mr4 ,brown of ,maryland1 ,miss ,rice of
 ,new ,york1 ,ms4 ,speier1 ,mr4         
,cisneros1 and ,mr4 ,levin of           
,california7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs  ,a   
,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to direct the ,secretary 
of ,veterans ,affairs to provide        
hospital care1 medical services1 and    
nursing home care for certain           
individuals discharged from service in  
the ,armed ,forces by reason of sexual  
orientation or gender identity1 and for 
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,securing the  
,rights our ,veterans have ,earned ,act 
of #bjai or the ,,serve ,act of #bjai4  
#b4 ,department of ,veterans ,affairs   
provision of hospital care1 medical     
services1 and nursing home care for     

certain individuals discharged from     
service in the ,armed ,forces by reason 
of sexual orientation or gender identity
  7a7 ,in general ,section #agaj7;a77#b7
 of title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is
 amended--  7#a7 in the matter preceding
 subparagraph 7,a71 by striking any     
veteran-- and inserting any individual  
who is--2  7#b7 in each of subparagraphs
 7,a7 through 7,g71 by inserting a      
veteran before who2  7#c7 in            
subparagraph 7,f71 by striking or at the
 end2  7#d7 in subparagraph 7,g71 by    
striking the period and inserting 2 or2 
and  7#e7 by adding at the end the      
following new subparagraph3  7,h7 a     
former member of the ,armed ,forces who 
was discharged from service therein     
under conditions other than honorable or
 with an entry-level separation by      
reason of sexual orientation or gender  
identity1 including by reason of a      
diagnosis of gender dysphoria4  4  7b7  
,effective date ,the amendment made by  
subsection 7a7 shall take effect on the 

date of the enactment of this ,act and  
apply--  7#a7 to hospital care1 medical 
services1 and nursing home care         
furnished on or after such date2 and    
7#b7 to an individual who is discharged 
from service in the ,armed ,forces      
before1 on1 or after such date4