Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) has proposed a pair of amendments to major defense spending legislation would undo the Trump administration’s ban on transgender service members and LGBTQ Pride flags at U.S.
military installations. As noted Thursday on the House Rules Committee website, Speier along with other Democrats proposed the measures to the fiscal year 2021 defense appropriations bill.
The House Rules Committee is set to meet Monday to consider which amendments to include. One amendment seeks to prohibit use of funds to implement a ban on military service of transgender Americans, the other prevents the Defense Department from spending funds to implement its ban on display of the LGBTQ Pride flags.