,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dgdf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #ah1        
#bjai,mr4 ,brown of ,maryland 7for      
himself1 ,ms4 ,speier1 ,ms4 ,escobar1   
,mr4 ,pappas1 and ,mr4 ,ted ,lieu of    
,california7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a      
,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of    
,defense to submit to ,congress a report
 on service waivers for transgender     
individuals1 and for other purposes4    
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,transgender ,military ,service 
,reporting ,act of #bjai4  #b4 ,report  
on service waivers for transgender      
individuals  7a7 ,in general ,not later 
than #abj days after the date of the    
enactment of this ,act1 and annually    
thereafter for a two-year period1 the   
,secretary of ,defense shall submit to  
the ,committees on ,armed ,services of  
the ,house of ,representatives and the  
,senate a report identifying the number 

of individuals 7disaggregated by the    
status of the individuals as exempt     
individuals or nonexempt individuals7 to
 whom the following applied during the  
reporting period for such report3  7#a7 
,diagnosed with a covered medical       
condition-- 7,a7 prior to accession into
 the ,armed ,forces2 or  7,b7 as a      
member of the ,armed ,forces4  7#b7     
,presumptively denied accession into the
 ,armed ,forces as a result of a covered
 medical condition4  7#c7 ,applied for a
 service waiver as a result of a covered
 medical condition4  7#d7 ,received a   
service waiver for a covered medical    
condition4  7#e7 ,denied a service      
waiver for a covered medical condition4 
7#f7 ,separated from the ,armed ,forces 
as a result of a covered medical        
condition4  7b7 ,definitions ,in this   
section3 7#a7 ,the terms exempt         
individuals and nonexempt individuals   
have the meanings given those terms in  
attachment #c of the memorandum--  7,a7 
issued by the ,office of the ,deputy    

,secretary of ,defense2  7,b7 dated     
,march #ab1 #bjai2 and  7,c7 with the   
subject heading ,directive-,type        
,memorandum 7,,dtm7-#ai-jjd--,military  
,service by ,transgender ,persons and   
,persons with ,gender ,dysphoria4  7#b7 
,the term covered medical condition     
means-- 7,a7 gender dysphoria2  7,b7    
gender transition treatment2 or  7,c7   
any other condition related to gender   
dysphoria or gender transition          
treatment4  7#c7 ,the term reporting    
period means1 with respect to a report  
submitted under subsection 7a71 the     
calendar year most recently completed   
before the date on which such report is 
to be submitted4  7#d7 ,the term service
 waiver includes a waiver-- 7,a7 for    
accession into the ,armed ,forces2  7,b7
 to continue service in the ,armed      
,forces2 or  7,c7 to otherwise permit   
service in the ,armed ,forces4