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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · H.R. 6395 (Engrossed in House) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military c... · Sec. 524

Sec. 524. Report regarding reviews of discharges and dismissals based on sexual orientation or gender identity

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Not later than September 30, 2021, the Secretaries of Defense and Veterans Affairs shall jointly submit to Congress a report regarding former members of the Armed Forces who— were discharged or dismissed from the Armed Forces; have applied to either Secretary for an upgrade in the characterization of discharge or dismissal; and allege in such applications that such discharges or dismissals arose from a policy of the Department of Defense regarding the sexual orientation or gender identity of a member. The report under this section shall include the number of applications described in subsection
(a)and the percentages of such applications granted and denied, disaggregated by— Armed Force; grade; race; ethnicity; gender; characterization of discharge or dismissal; and upgraded characterization of discharge or dismissal, if applicable. The Secretaries each shall publish the report under this section on a publicly accessible website of the respective department.
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