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handle is hein.crs/govciup0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ICong ressin, l Rese rch Sevice Transgender Servicemembers: Policy Shifts and Considerations for Congress Updated August 30, 2017 A series of'l-vitter posts on July 26, 2017, by President Donald J. Trump indicated a planned shift in Department of Defense (DOD) policy on service in the Armed Forces by transgender individuals. A Presidential Memorandum to the Secretaries of Defense and the Homeland Security (as parent agency to the U.S. Coast Guard) followed on August 25, 2017, outlining the new policy parameters with respect to uniformed DOD and Coast Guard personnel. Background: Policy Evolution Prior to 2016, DOD policy treated the physical and psychological aspects of transgender conditions as (1) grounds for the discharge of existing servicemembers, and (2) a disqualifying condition for new accessions through enlistment or commissioning. On June 30, 2016, then-Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter announced that transgender Americans may serve openly, and they can no longer be discharged or otherwise separated from the military just for being transgender. DOD's concomitant policy issuance (DODI 1300.28), effective October 1, 2016, * established a construct by which transgender servicemembers may transition gender while serving, * enumerated prerequisites and prescribed procedures for changing a servicemember's gender marker (male or female), and * specified medical treatment provisions for Active Component (AC) and Reserve Component (RC) transgender servicemembers. Then-Secretary Carter also announced plans to begin to admit transgender recruits by July 1, 2017, stating the gender identity of an otherwise qualified individual will not bar them from joining the military. However, on June 30, 2017, Secretary of Defense James Mattis announced in a memorandum that DOD would postpone the announced accession policy change for six months to further study the issue. Revised Policy: August 2017 President Trump's directive to the Secretary of Defense would revert policy to the pre-2016 consideration of transgender conditions as grounds for discharge (effective January 1, 2018) and would indefinitely continue the policy prohibiting transgender individuals from joining the Armed Forces. The President also directed a halt to all DOD or DHS spending (effective March 23, 2018) on sex reassignment surgeries CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and cornnittees o4 Congress ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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