The White House (December 23, 2024). "Statement from President Joe Biden on H.R. 5009, Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025". The White House. Retrieved December 27, 2024:
“ . . . While I am pleased to support the critical objectives of the Act, I note that certain provisions of the Act raise concerns.
“A number of provisions of the Act may, in certain circumstances, interfere with the exercise of my constitutional authority to articulate the positions of the United States in international negotiations or fora . . .
“My Administration strongly opposes Division A, title VII, subtitle A, section 708 of the Act, which inhibits the Department of Defense’s ability to treat all persons equally under the law, no matter their gender identity.
“By prohibiting the use of appropriated funds, the Department of Defense will be compelled to contravene clinical practice guidelines and clinical recommendations.
“The provision targets a group based on that group’s gender identity and interferes with parents’ roles to determine the best care for their children.
“This section undermines our all-volunteer military’s ability to recruit and retain the finest fighting force the world has ever known by denying health care coverage to thousands of our service members’ children.
“No service member should have to decide between their family’s health care access and their call to serve our Nation. “
Signed into law by President Joe Biden on December 23, 2024, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Defense_Authorization_Act_for_Fiscal_Year_2025.
The White House (December 23, 2024). "Statement from President Joe Biden on H.R. 5009, Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025". The White House. Retrieved December 27, 2024:
“ . . . While I am pleased to support the critical objectives of the Act, I note that certain provisions of the Act raise concerns.
“A number of provisions of the Act may, in certain circumstances, interfere with the exercise of my constitutional authority to articulate the positions of the United States in international negotiations or fora . . .
“My Administration strongly opposes Division A, title VII, subtitle A, section 708 of the Act, which inhibits the Department of Defense’s ability to treat all persons equally under the law, no matter their gender identity.
“By prohibiting the use of appropriated funds, the Department of Defense will be compelled to contravene clinical practice guidelines and clinical recommendations.
“The provision targets a group based on that group’s gender identity and interferes with parents’ roles to determine the best care for their children.
“This section undermines our all-volunteer military’s ability to recruit and retain the finest fighting force the world has ever known by denying health care coverage to thousands of our service members’ children.
“No service member should have to decide between their family’s health care access and their call to serve our Nation. “