,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cjaf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,october #bj1  
#bjba,ms4 ,hassan 7for herself1 ,ms4    
,ernst1 and ,mr4 ,coons7 introduced the 
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,armed   
,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to address       
out-of-pocket inequities related to     
military service uniforms1 and for other
 purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,military ,forces   
,assuring that ,treatment of ,items by  
,gender are ,uniform and ,equal across  
the ,services ,act of #bjba or the      
,military ,,fatigues ,act of #bjba4  #b4
 ,modifications to military service     
uniform requirements and procedures  7a7
 ,establishment of consistent criteria  
7#a7 ,in general ,not later than #ahj   
days after the date of the enactment of 
this ,act1 the ,secretary of ,defense1  
acting through the ,under ,secretary of 
,defense for ,personnel and ,readiness  
and in coordination with the            

,secretaries concerned with respect to  
the ,armed ,forces under their          
jurisdiction1 shall establish consistent
 criteria for determining which uniform 
or clothing items across the services   
are considered uniquely military for    
purposes of calculating the standard    
cash clothing replacement allowances1 in
 part to reduce differences in          
out-of-pocket costs incurred by enlisted
 members of the ,armed ,forces across   
the military services and by gender     
within a military service4  7#b7 ,review
 ,the ,under ,secretary shall review the
 criteria established under paragraph   
7#a7 every #e years thereafter and      
recommend adjustments to enlisted       
clothing allowances if they are         
insufficient to pay for uniquely        
military items4  7b7 ,additional reviews
 ,the ,secretary of ,defense1 acting    
through the ,under ,secretary of        
,defense for ,personnel and ,readiness  
and in coordination with the            
,secretaries of the military            

departments1 shall-- 7#a7 periodically  
review all uniform clothing plans of the
 military services to identify data and 
requirements needed to facilitate cost  
discussions and to recommend adjustments
 as appropriate2  7#b7 periodically     
review items in the military services'  
calculations of the enlisted standard   
cash clothing replacement allowances1 at
 a minimum1 every #e years and develop a
 standard by which to identify          
significant cost differences that       
warrant being addressed2  7#c7          
periodically review all plans of the    
military services for changing uniform  
items to determine if the planned       
changes will result in significant      
out-of-pocket cost differences among the
 services or among genders2 and  7#d7   
periodically review initial officer     
clothing allowances1 at a minimum1 every
 #aj years and identify requirements    
needed to facilitate cost discussions   
and adjustment recommendations as       
appropriate4  7c7 ,sense of ,congress   

,it is the sense of ,congress that the  
cost of like items between genders      
should be the same for members of the   
,armed ,forces4  7d7 ,report ,not later 
than ,december #ca1 #bjbb1 the          
,department of ,defense1 in coordination
 with the ,secretaries of the military  
departments1 shall submit to the        
,committees on ,armed ,services of the  
,senate and the ,house of               
,representatives a report on the        
estimated production and average retail 
prices of military clothing items for   
members of each ,armed ,force1 including
 both officer and enlisted uniforms1 and
 a comparison of costs for both male and
 female military clothing items for     
members of each of the respective       
services4