,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cgc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #g1 #bjai 
,mrs4 ,gillibrand 7for herself1 ,ms4    
,collins1 and ,mr4 ,reed7 introduced the
 following bill2 which was read twice   
and referred to the ,committee on ,armed
 ,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to provide for  
the retention and service of transgender
 individuals in the ,armed ,forces4  #a4
 ,retention and service of transgender  
individuals in the ,armed ,forces  7a7  
,sense of ,congress ,it is the sense of 
,congress that-- 7#a7 individuals who   
are qualified and can meet the standards
 to serve in the military should be     
eligible to serve2 and  7#b7 the        
policies recommended in the memorandum  
of the ,secretary of ,defense entitled  
,military ,service by ,transgender      
,individuals and dated ,february #bb1   
#bjah1 are inconsistent with this goal4 
7b7 ,retention of currently serving     
members of the ,armed ,forces ,an       
individual serving as a member of the   

,armed ,forces on or after the date of  
the enactment of this ,act 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 ,accession into the    
,armed ,forces ,on or after the date of 
the enactment of this ,act1 an          
individual may not be denied initial    
enlistment1 commissioning1 or other     
accession into the ,armed ,forces solely
 on the basis of the individual's gender
 identity4 ,nothing in this subsection  
relieves an individual from meeting     
applicable military and medical         
standards1 including deployability1 for 
enlistment1 commissioning1 or other     
accession4  7d7 ,gender identity defined

 ,in this section1 the term gender      
identity means the gender-related       
identity1 appearance1 mannerisms1 or    
other gender-related characteristics of 
an individual1 regardless of the        
individual's designated sex at birth4