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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · H.R. 6395 (Enrolled) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military c... · Sec. 525

Sec. 525. Report regarding reviews of discharges and dismissals based on sexual orientation

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Not later than September 30, 2021, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report regarding the number of former members of the Armed Forces who— were discharged or dismissed from the Armed Forces; on or after September 21, 2011, applied to the Secretary of the military department concerned for an upgrade in the characterization of such discharge or dismissal; and assert in such application that such discharge or dismissal arose from a policy of the Department of Defense regarding the sexual orientation of a member before September 21, 2011.
The report under this section shall include the following: The number of applications described in subsection
(a)and the percentages of such applications granted and denied, disaggregated by— Armed Force; grade; characterization of discharge or dismissal originally received; and characterization of discharge or dismissal received pursuant to an application described in subsection (a)(2). If the Secretary can determine the number without reviewing applications described in subsection
(a)on a case-by-case basis, the number of such applications— that were denied; and in which the discharge or dismissal was based solely on misconduct of the discharged or dismissed member. Not later than 90 days after the Secretary submits the report under this section, the Secretary shall publish the report on a publicly accessible website of the Department of Defense.
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