SRES 408 · in committee · major
A resolution recognizing September 20, 2025, as "National LGBTQ+ Servicemembers and Veterans Day".
- civil rights
What this bill does
- The resolution designates September 20, 2025, as National LGBTQ+ Servicemembers and Veterans Day.
- It honors lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer individuals who have served in the Armed Forces.
- The resolution calls on the VA and DoD to ensure transgender veterans and servicemembers have full health care access.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
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What specific health care access barriers do transgender veterans currently face that this resolution aims to address?
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How would designating this national day affect recruitment, retention, or morale within the military across different service branches?
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What resources or policy changes would the VA and DoD need to implement to fulfill the resolution's call for full health care access?
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Sponsor · D-OR
Jeff Merkley
Citizen cosponsors
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In Congress
18/ 100
Senators cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-09-18
Joining the bill
Tammy Baldwin
D-WI · original
Michael F. Bennet
D-CO · original
Richard Blumenthal
D-CT · original
Cory A. Booker
D-NJ · original
Richard J. Durbin
D-IL · original
Tammy Duckworth
D-IL · original
John Fetterman
D-PA · original
Mazie K. Hirono
D-HI · original
Ben Ray Luján
D-NM · original
Patty Murray
D-WA · original
Alex Padilla
D-CA · original
Bernard Sanders
I-VT · original
+ 6 more
Legislative timeline
2025-09-18 · senate · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. (text: CR S6738)
2025-09-18 · IntroReferral
Introduced in Senate
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