PFB Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10654 Introduced in House (IH)]

<DOC>

119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10654

 To ensure that a member separated from an Armed Force, solely on the 
   basis that the member has pseudofolliculitis barbae, receives an 
               honorable discharge and veterans benefits.

_______________________________________________________________________

                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 1, 2026

Mr. Conaway (for himself, Mr. Bell, Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. Garcia 
of Texas, Mrs. McIver, Ms. Norton, Ms. Strickland, Mr. Veasey, and Ms. 
Wilson of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
 the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on 
 Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 
 To ensure that a member separated from an Armed Force, solely on the 
   basis that the member has pseudofolliculitis barbae, receives an 
               honorable discharge and veterans benefits.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting our Forces' Benefits 
Act'' or the ``PFB Act''.

SEC. 2. MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES SEPARATED ON THE SOLE BASIS OF 
              PSEUDOFOLLICULITIS BARBAE: HONORABLE DISCHARGE; 
              ELIGIBILITY FOR VETERANS BENEFITS.

    (a) Honorable Discharge.--The Secretary concerned (as such term is 
defined in section 101 of title 10, United States Code) shall 
characterize the separation of a member from an Armed Force, solely on 
the basis that the member has pseudofolliculitis barbae, as honorable.
    (b) Veterans Benefits.--A member separated from an Armed Force 
solely because the member has pseudofolliculitis barbae may not be 
treated as ineligible for a benefit administered by the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs on the basis that the member has not completed the 
applicable minimum active-duty service requirement established in 
section 5303A of title 38, United States Code.
                                 <all>