1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Commission on Equity and Reconciliation in the Uniformed Services Act . 2. Establishment and duties (a) Establishment There is established the Commission on Equity and Reconciliation in the Uniformed Services (in this Act referred to as the Commission ). (b) Duties The Commission shall perform the following duties: (1) Identify and compile a corpus of documentation on the policing of sexual orientation and gender identity in the uniformed services, from the beginning of World War II and onward. Such documentation shall include the following: (A) Facts related to the history of policing LGBTQ sexual orientation and gender identity in the uniformed services. (B) The effects of such policies on eligibility for, and access to, benefits under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on servicemembers who were discharged due to sexual orientation or gender identity. (2) Hold public hearings in such cities of the United States as it finds appropriate, and do community outreach and other public relations efforts in order to advertise such hearings and the opportunity to give testimony. (3) Gather testimonies, written and oral, from LGBTQ servicemembers and veterans about their experiences, both anonymously and with names given. (4) Examine the impacts that discriminatory policy and corresponding actions taken by the uniformed services had on the physical and mental wellbeing of servicemembers. (5) Examine lasting impacts (including psychological, financial, and professional) that policies of the uniformed services have had on veterans and servicemembers who were discharged due to their sexual orientation and/or gender identity. (6) Examine the disparate impact that policies targeting sexual and gender minorities has had on minority groups in the uniformed services, especially racial minorities and women. (7) Examine the impacts that policing of sexual and gender minorities has had on individuals who do not identify as LGBTQ but were nevertheless targeted due to