HR 515 · in committee · significant
Ensuring Military Readiness Not Discrimination Act
- civil rights
What this bill does
- This bill prohibits the military from using race, color, national origin, religion, or sex as factors in Armed Forces service eligibility.
- The bill affects all military departments and their personnel policies governing active duty and reserve service members.
- The bill establishes new eligibility standards with no specified implementation cost or timeline.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How would removing race, color, and national origin from military eligibility decisions affect current recruitment and retention strategies in underrepresented communities?
- 02
What specific eligibility criteria would replace the factors this bill prohibits, and how would the military verify compliance without tracking these demographic categories?
- 03
How might this change influence the military's ability to achieve demographic representation goals that some argue improve unit cohesion and leadership diversity?
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Sponsor · D-CA-51
Sara Jacobs
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
42/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-01-16
Joining the bill

Eric Sorensen
D-IL-17 · original

Eleanor Holmes Norton
D-DC

Becca Balint
D-VT

Scott H. Peters
D-CA-50

James P. McGovern
D-MA-2

Emily Randall
D-WA-6

Jerrold Nadler
D-NY-12

Sylvia R. Garcia
D-TX-29

Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.
D-CA-31

Raja Krishnamoorthi
D-IL-8

Jimmy Panetta
D-CA-19

Dina Titus
D-NV-1
+ 30 more
Legislative timeline
2025-01-16 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
2025-01-16 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-01-16 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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