,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cgbd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #aa1 #bjai,ms4 
,meng 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,mr4
 ,meeks1 ,mr4 ,serrano1 ,ms4 ,houlahan1 
,mr4 ,case1 and ,ms4 ,porter7 introduced
 the following bill2 which was referred 
to the ,committee on ,armed ,services   
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #aj1 ,united 
,states ,code1 to defer the deployment  
of a member of the ,armed ,forces who   
gives birth for one year unless the     
member elects to deploy with the        
approval of a health care provider      
employed at a military medical facility4
  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,equal ,deferment          
,opportunity ,act4  #b4 ,deferred       
deployment for members of the ,armed    
,forces who give birth ,section #gja of 
title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended by adding at the end the        
following new subsection3  7l7 ,a member
 of the armed forces who gives birth may
 not be deployed during the period of   

#ab months beginning on the date of such
 birth except--  7#a7 at the election of
 such member2 and  7#b7 with the        
approval of a health care provider      
employed at a military medical treatment
 facility4  4