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Code · BILL · 117th Congress · H.R. 4350 (Placed on Calendar Senate) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military c... · Sec. 511

Sec. 511. Prohibition on commissioning or enlistment in the Armed Forces of an individual convicted of a felony hate crime

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Section 657 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— in the heading, by striking ; and sexual in subsection (b), by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: An offense under section 249 of title 18. An offense under State or local law— described in section 245(a)(1) of title 18; or the elements of which are substantially similar to those of an offense under section 247 or 249 of title 18. . The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 37 of such title is amended by striking the item relating to section 657 and inserting the following: 657. Prohibition on service in the armed forces by individuals convicted of certain offenses. .
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