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House rejects controversial transgender, climate-change amendments to defense bill
Source: Washington Post
House rejects controversial transgender, climate-change amendments to defense bill
By Mike DeBonis July 13 at 6:55 PM
The House voted Thursday to reject controversial amendments to the annual defense authorization bill, including a proposal to bar transgender service members from receiving general reassignment therapy.
That amendment, from Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R-Mo.), would end the Pentagon’s policy, in place since October, of providing gender-reassignment surgeries and other therapies for active-duty transgender service members if a doctor deems the treatment medically necessary. It was defeated 214-209, with 24 Republicans joining all 190 Democrats who voted.
Another hot-button amendment, offered by Reps. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) and Ken Buck (R-Colo.), would have deleted a section from the bill ordering a Defense Department study to assess “vulnerabilities to military installations and combatant commander requirements resulting from climate change over the next 20 years.” That measure went down 234-185.
Both were among 210 amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act sent to the floor by the House Rules Committee. The defense bill, which authorizes up to $696 billion in 2018 military spending, is expected to come to a final vote Friday.
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By Mike DeBonis July 13 at 6:55 PM
The House voted Thursday to reject controversial amendments to the annual defense authorization bill, including a proposal to bar transgender service members from receiving general reassignment therapy.
That amendment, from Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R-Mo.), would end the Pentagon’s policy, in place since October, of providing gender-reassignment surgeries and other therapies for active-duty transgender service members if a doctor deems the treatment medically necessary. It was defeated 214-209, with 24 Republicans joining all 190 Democrats who voted.
Another hot-button amendment, offered by Reps. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) and Ken Buck (R-Colo.), would have deleted a section from the bill ordering a Defense Department study to assess “vulnerabilities to military installations and combatant commander requirements resulting from climate change over the next 20 years.” That measure went down 234-185.
Both were among 210 amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act sent to the floor by the House Rules Committee. The defense bill, which authorizes up to $696 billion in 2018 military spending, is expected to come to a final vote Friday.
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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/07/13/pentagons-transgender-climate-change-policies-challenged-in-house-defense-bill/