,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #eahi  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #cj1     
#bjbf,ms4 ,hirono 7for herself1 ,ms4    
,duckworth1 ,mrs4 ,gillibrand1 ,mr4     
,schumer1 ,ms4 ,alsobrooks1 ,mr4 ,van   
,hollen1 ,mrs4 ,murray1 ,ms4 ,warren1   
,ms4 ,rosen1 ,ms4 ,slotkin1 ,mr4        
,hickenlooper1 ,mr4 ,markey1 ,mr4 ,kim1 
,mr4 ,wyden1 ,mr4 ,booker1 ,mr4         
,fetterman1 ,mrs4 ,shaheen1 ,mr4 ,kelly1
 ,mr4 ,schiff1 and ,ms4 ,baldwin7       
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a      
,,bill  ,to amend title #aj1 ,united    
,states ,code1 and the ,national        
,defense ,authorization ,act for ,fiscal
 ,year #aiid1 to codify and clarify     
gender neutral standards for members of 
certain ,armed ,forces1 and for other   
purposes4  #a4 ,gender neutral standards
 in certain ,armed ,forces  7a7         
,prohibition on exclusion of a member of
 certain ,armed ,forces from an         

assignment on the basis of gender  7#a7 
,in general ,section #feb of title #aj1 
,united ,states ,code1 is amended to    
read as follows3  #feb4 ,prohibition of 
exclusion from assignments on the basis 
of gender  7a7 ,prohibition ,a member of
 the ,army1 ,navy1 ,marine ,corps1 ,air 
,force1 or ,space ,force may not be     
excluded from an occupational specialty1
 career field1 or assignment on the     
basis of gender4  7b7 ,annual report    
,the ,secretary of ,defense shall submit
 to the ,committees on ,armed ,services 
of the ,senate and ,house of            
,representatives an annual report that  
includes1 with respect to the year      
preceding the date of the report1 the   
following3 7#a7 ,any change to an       
occupational standard1 including a      
description of how such change predicts 
performance of actual1 regular1 and     
recurring duties of a military          
occupational specialty4  7#b7 ,the      
number of members1 disaggregated by     
military occupational specialty and     

gender1 who were involuntarily          
reclassified or separated for a reason  
other than discipline or pursuant to a  
sentence of a court-martial4  7#c7 ,the 
reasons for reclassifications or        
separations described in paragraph 7#b74
  4  7#b7 ,conforming amendment ,section
 #hbbe of title #aj1 ,united ,states    
,code1 is repealed4  7#c7 ,effective    
date ,the amendments made by this       
subsection shall take effect on         
,september #cj1 #bjbf4 ,the first report
 under subsection 7b7 of section #feb of
 such title1 as amended by this section1
 shall be due on ,september #cj1 #bjbg4 
7b7 ,gender-,neutral occupational       
standard for a military career          
designator3 modernization2 additional   
information to ,congress ,to review a   
proposed change  7#a7 ,modernization    
,section #edc of the ,national ,defense 
,authorization ,act for ,fiscal ,year   
#aiid 7,public ,law #ajc-afj2 #aj       
,u4,s4,c4 #aac note7 is amended--  7,a7 
in subsection 7a7-- 7i7 in the matter   

preceding paragraph 7#a71 by striking   
that is open to both male and female    
members of the ,armed ,forces2 and  7ii7
 in paragraph 7#c71 by striking women in
 that occupational career field and     
inserting individuals in such           
occupational career field on the basis  
of gender2  7,b7 in subsection 7b7-- 7i7
 in the heading1 by striking ,specific  
,physical ,requirements and inserting   
,occupational ,performance ,standards2  
7ii7 in paragraph 7#a7-- 7,i7 by        
striking physical both places it        
appears2  7,,ii7 by inserting 1 based on
 a scientifically rigorous process1     
after determines2  7,,iii7 by inserting 
technical1 tactical1 cognitive1 or      
physical abilities1 including before    
muscular strength2 and  7,,iv7 by       
striking 7in the case of a career       
designator that is open to both male and
 female members of the ,armed ,forces72 
and  7iii7 in paragraph 7#b7-- 7,i7 by  
inserting not shorter than #ah months   
after a reasonable period2 and  7,,ii7  

by inserting that are based on input    
from health care providers and          
researchers of the ,department of       
,defense after prescribed by the        
,secretary2 and  7,c7 in subsection 7c71
 by striking female members of the      
,armed ,forces and inserting members of 
the ,armed ,forces1 of any gender14     
7#b7  ,information to ,congress  ,such  
section is further amended1 in          
subsection 7c7--  7,a7 by striking are  
expected to and inserting may2  7,b7 by 
striking ,congress and inserting the    
congressional defense committees2  7,c7 
by striking change and the justification
 and rationale and inserting proposed   
change1 the estimated costs1 the        
justification 7including the relevant   
research and data that the ,secretary   
reviewed and relied upon before making  
such proposal71 and rationale2 and  7,d7
 by striking #fj-;day period and        
inserting #ahj-;day period4  7c7        
,submission of the review of operational
 effectiveness of army and marine corps 

ground combat units  7#a7 ,submission of
 unredacted version ,not later than #g  
days after it is completed1 the         
,secretary of ,defense shall provide to 
,congress the full1 unredacted review of
 operational effectiveness of ,army and 
,marine ,corps ground combat units that 
is the subject of the memorandum issued 
by the ,under ,secretary of ,defense for
 ,personnel and ,readiness on ,december 
#ah1 #bjbe1 relating to ,review of the  
,operational ,effectiveness of ,army and
 ,marine ,corps ,ground ,combat ,units1 
and which was reassigned to the ,johns  
,hopkins ,university ,applied ,physics  
,laboratory4  7#b7 ,briefing ,not later 
than #cj days after submitting the      
review under paragraph 7#a71 the        
,secretary of ,defense shall provide a  
briefing to the ,committees on ,armed   
,services of the ,senate and the ,house 
of ,representatives4 ,the briefing shall
 include the full1 unredacted findings  
of the review and report methodology4   
7#c7 ,preliminary findings and          

information ,the ,secretary of ,defense 
shall provide to ,congress any          
preliminary findings1 methodology1 and  
information delivered by the ,institute 
for ,defense ,analyses to the           
,department of ,defense related to the  
study required under paragraph 7#a7     
before the study's reassignment to the  
,johns ,hopkins ,university ,applied    
,physics ,laboratory4  7#d7 ,comptroller
 ,general review ,not later than #ahj   
days after the date of the enactment of 
this ,act1 the ,comptroller ,general of 
the ,united ,states shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees a      
report reviewing-- 7,a7 the review      
provided to ,congress under paragraph   
7#a72 and  7,b7 any actions taken by the
 ,department of ,defense in response to 
the review4  7d7 ,effective date ,the   
amendments made by this section shall   
take effect on ,september #cj1 #bjbf4   
,the first report under subsection 7b7  
of section #feb of title #aj1 ,united   
,states ,code1 as amended by this       

section1 shall be due on ,september #cj1
 #bjbg4