S. 1991: Restore Honor to Service Members Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-06-26 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

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Where it came from: introduced 2019-06-26 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Restore Honor to Service Members Act

Plain summary

Restore Honor to Service Members Act This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to review the discharge characterization of a service member who was discharged on the basis of sexual orientation (i.e., on the basis of Don't Ask Don't Tell or a similar policy) if the service member requests such a review. If the service member's discharge is characterized as other than honorable, and if there were no aggravating circumstances that would have independently caused the discharge to be characterized as other than honorable, then DOD must change its characterization of the discharge to honorable.

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Official text

Restore Honor to Service Members Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] · 28 cosponsors

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Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Michael F. Bennet (D-CO), Christopher A. Coons (D-DE), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Gary C. Peters (D-MI), Todd Young (R-IN)

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] reported raising $1.8 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116s1991.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/s>

Record fed-us-cong116-s1991 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116