1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Restore Honor to Service Members Act . 2. Review of discharge characterization (a) In general In accordance with this section, the appropriate discharge boards— (1) shall review the discharge characterization of covered members at the request of the covered member; and (2) if such characterization is any characterization except honorable, may change such characterization to honorable. (b) Criteria In changing the discharge characterization of a covered member to honorable under subsection (a)(2), the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that such changes are carried out consistently and uniformly across the military departments using the following criteria: (1) The original discharge must be based on Don’t Ask Don’t Tell (in this Act referred to as DADT ) or a similar policy in place prior to the enactment of DADT. (2) Such discharge characterization shall be so changed if, with respect to the original discharge, there were no aggravating circumstances, such as misconduct, that would have independently led to a discharge characterization that was any characterization except honorable. For purposes of this paragraph, such aggravating circumstances may not include— (A) an offense under section 925 of title 10, United States Code (article 125 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), committed by a covered member against a person of the same sex with the consent of such person; or (B) statements, consensual sexual conduct, or consensual acts relating to sexual orientation or identity, or the disclosure of such statements, conduct, or acts, that were prohibited at the time of discharge but after the date of such discharge became permitted. (3) When requesting a review, a covered member, or the member's representative, shall be required to provide either— (A) documents consisting of— (i) a copy of the DD–214 form of the member; (ii) a personal affidavit of the circumstances surrounding the discharge; and (iii) any relevant records pertaining to the discharge