Readiness Over Wokeness Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3406 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3406

 To prohibit individuals with gender dysphoria from serving as members 
              of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 14, 2025

    Mr. Moore of Alabama (for himself, Ms. Hageman, Mrs. Luna, Mr. 
    Davidson, Ms. Greene of Georgia, and Mr. Clyde) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit individuals with gender dysphoria from serving as members 
              of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Readiness Over Wokeness Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON SERVICE IN THE ARMED FORCES BY INDIVIDUALS WITH 
              GENDER DYSPHORIA.

    Chapter 49 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
after section 974 the following new section:
``Sec. 975. Prohibition on service in the Armed Forces by individuals 
              with gender dysphoria
    ``(a) Prohibition.--A person may not serve as a member of the Armed 
Forces if the person--
            ``(1) has a current diagnosis or history of, or exhibits 
        symptoms consistent with, gender dysphoria; or
            ``(2) has a history of gender affirming care, including 
        cross-sex hormone therapy or sex reassignment or genital 
        reconstruction surgery as treatment for gender dysphoria or in 
        pursuit of a sex transition.
    ``(b) Administrative Separation.--(1) The Secretary concerned shall 
administratively discharge any member of the Armed Forces prohibited 
from serving as a member under subsection (a).
    ``(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a member of the 
Armed Forces who is separated pursuant to paragraph (1) and for whom no 
other basis exists for separation is not required to--
            ``(A) provide reimbursement for any educational or other 
        benefit for which reimbursement would otherwise be required due 
        to the termination of service as a member of the Armed Forces; 
        or
            ``(B) complete any obligation of service as a member of the 
        Armed Forces.
    ``(c) Security Clearance Reinvestigation.--The Secretary of Defense 
shall--
            ``(1) conduct a reinvestigation and readjudication of the 
        eligibility for access to classified information of any person 
        administratively discharged under subsection (b) who was 
        eligible to access classified information at the time of 
        separation from the Armed Forces; or
            ``(2) with respect to any such person who, after separation 
        from the Armed Forces, does not serve in a position requiring 
        eligibility to access classified information or who declines to 
        participate in a reinvestigation or readjudication of the 
        eligibility of such person for access to classified 
        information, revoke the eligibility of such person for access 
        to classified information.''.
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