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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 · Sec. 525

Sec. 525. REPORT REGARDING REVIEWS OF DISCHARGES AND DISMISSALS BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION

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## SEC. 525 REPORT REGARDING REVIEWS OF DISCHARGES AND DISMISSALS BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION ###
(a)Report Required 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— ####
(1)were discharged or dismissed from the Armed Forces; ####
(2)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 ####
(3)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. ###
(b)Elements The report under this section shall include the following: ####
(1)The number of applications described in subsection
(a)and the percentages of such applications granted and denied, disaggregated by— #####
(A)Armed Force; #####
(B)grade; #####
(C)characterization of discharge or dismissal originally received; and #####
(D)characterization of discharge or dismissal received pursuant to an application described in subsection (a)(2). ####
(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— #####
(A)that were denied; and #####
(B)in which the discharge or dismissal was based solely on misconduct of the discharged or dismissed member. ###
(c)Publication 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. ## Subtitle D Prevention and Response To Sexual Assault, Harassment, and Related Misconduct
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