Skip to main content
CivicGate

HR 3569
Introduced Re-checks Congress.gov for new actions and updates the bill's status, and fills in any sponsors, committees, or related bills that are missing. It does not re-pull sponsors/cosponsors/committees/related — those rarely change — and it skips all work if nothing has changed upstream, so it's cheap to click.

Fit to Serve Act

To amend title 10, United States Code, to prohibit discrimination in the Armed Forces on the basis of gender identity, and for other purposes.

Introduced May 21, 2025

Latest action (May 21, 2025) Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Referred to
Armed Services Committee
Policy area
Armed Forces and National Security

Summary
  • Prohibits the Secretary of Defense and Secretary of the Branch concerned from prescribing service qualifications for Armed Forces members on the basis of gender identity.
  • Prohibits involuntary separation of Armed Forces members based on gender identity or a diagnosis or potential diagnosis of gender dysphoria.
  • Prohibits denial of medically necessary health care coverage to Armed Forces members based on gender identity.
  • Prohibits requiring individuals to serve in their sex assigned at birth.
  • Prohibits denial of accession, reenlistment, or continuation of service in the Armed Forces based on gender identity.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
135 cosponsors

Actions (2)
  1. May 21, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. · house
  2. May 21, 2025 Introduced in House

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • HR 4333 — Qualified to Serve Act · Introduced Jul 10, 2025 · Cong. 119 88%
  • HR 4536 — Fit for Duty Act · Introduced Jul 17, 2025 · Cong. 119 82%
  • HR 515 — Ensuring Military Readiness Not Discrimination Act · Introduced Jan 16, 2025 · Cong. 119 82%
  • HR 4316 — Fight for the American Dream Act · Introduced Jul 10, 2025 · Cong. 119 78%
  • HR 5090 — HONOR Act · Introduced Sep 2, 2025 · Cong. 119 77%
  • HR 3219 — GAMES Act · Introduced May 6, 2025 · Cong. 119 77%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · May 21, 2025

Only one text version is on file, so there’s no earlier version to compare against yet.

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

May 21, 2025

Mr. Smith of Washington (for himself, Mr. Takano, Ms. Houlahan, Ms. Jacobs, and Mr. Sorensen) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

A BILL

To amend title 10, United States Code, to prohibit discrimination in the Armed Forces on the basis of gender identity, 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 “Fit to Serve Act”.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON DISCRIMINATION IN THE ARMED FORCES ON THE BASIS OF GENDER IDENTITY.

Chapter 49 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 974 the following new section: “Sec. 975. Prohibition on discrimination on the basis of gender identity

“(a) Prohibition.—The Secretary concerned may not, on the basis of gender identity (including a diagnosis or potential diagnosis of gender dysphoria)—

“(1) prescribe a qualification for service as a member of the Armed Forces;

“(2) involuntarily separate a member of the Armed Forces;

“(3) deny medically necessary health care coverage to a member of the Armed Forces;

“(4) require an individual to serve as a member of the Armed Forces in the sex assigned at birth to the member;

“(5) deny accession, reenlistment, or continuation of service as a member of the Armed Forces; or

“(6) otherwise discriminate against a member of the Armed Forces.

“(b) Gender Identity Defined.—In this section, the term ‘gender identity’ means the gender-related identity, appearance, mannerisms, or other gender-related characteristics of an individual, regardless of the individual’s designated sex at birth.”. <all>

Comments

Comments

Loading comments…