Tennessee U.S. Representative Tim Burchett (R-TN-02) recently proposed five amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2024, including one that would require transgender men to register for the selective service.
I filed an amendment to the NDAA that would require transgender men to register for the Selective Service. If these people want to be treated like men, they need to act like men. pic.twitter.com/vMScBAM6Fp
— Rep. Tim Burchett (@RepTimBurchett) July 12, 2023
A transgender man is someone who was born a female but who identifies as male.
While speaking on the House floor regarding his amendment, Burchett stated, “If the Biden administration is so serious about prioritizing so-called ‘equity,’ then no one should have a problem with my amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act which would require anyone who identifies as a man to register for the selective service. If these folks want to be treated like men, they need to act like men.”
“I don’t support the woke agenda – as you know, I’m fully against it – but if the Democrats want to play ball, then let’s play some ball,” Burchett added.
The Selective Service System’s website states, “US citizens or immigrants who are born male and changed their gender to female are still required to register. Individuals who are born female and changed their gender to male are not required to register.”
Burchett also proposed the following amendments to the NDAA:
- Unconscious Bias Funding – Prohibits federal funding from being used for unconscious bias training.
- UAP Declassification – Requires the Department of Defense to declassify any documents and records relating to publicly-known sightings of unidentified aerial phenomena that do not compromise the national security of the United States.
- R&D Contract Cost Sharing – Requires recipients of federal defense contracts for research and development to acquire 25% of program funding from non-federal sources.
- FPI Contract Sharing – Prohibits the Federal Prison Industries from receiving federal contracts that have been set aside exclusively for small businesses.
Before being brought to the floor for a vote, the U.S. House Committee on Rules must review and approve all proposed amendments to the NDAA. The full NDAA is expected to be brought to the floor for a vote this Friday.
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Kaitlin Housler is a reporter at The Tennessee Star and The Star News Network.
