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H.R. 3672: Armed Forces Trans­gen­der Dependent Protection Act

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H.R. 3672: Armed Forces Trans­gen­der Dependent Protection Act

117th Congress · introduced 2021-06-01 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-06-01 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-20] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Armed Forces Trans­gen­der Dependent Protection Act

Plain summary

Armed Forces Transgender Dependent Protection Act This bill expands the policy of the Office of Special Needs within the Department of Defense to address transgender dependents. Specifically, the bill codifies the definition of a medical or educational special need to include gender dysphoria. Under the bill, the policy of the office must prohibit the assignment of a military family with special needs to a permanent duty location where the law restricts medically necessary treatment for a medical or educational special need. A member who is serving at a location when such a law is established may elect to be reassigned.

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Official text

Armed Forces Trans­gen­der Dependent Protection Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-20] · 59 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Marilyn Strickland (D-WA), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Peter Welch (D-VT), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Darren Soto (D-FL), Dina Titus (D-NV), Ritchie Torres (D-NY), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Jason Crow (D-CO), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Marc A. Veasey (D-TX), Mark Takano (D-CA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), André Carson (D-IN), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX), Jim Costa (D-CA), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Bill Foster (D-IL)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-20] reported raising $3.6 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr3672 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117