U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
HB10654: PFB Act
Status: In committee, October 14, 2026
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.
What the bill says
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.
From the introduced text, October 1, 2026:
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. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting our Forces' Benefits Act or the PFB Act . SECTION 2. Member of the Armed Forces separated on the sole basis of pseudofolliculitis 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.
Sponsors
- Herbert Conaway (D, HD-003) · primary sponsor
- Wesley Bell (D, HD-001)
- Yvette Clarke (D, HD-009)
- Sylvia Garcia (D, HD-029)
- LaMonica McIver (D, HD-010)
- Norton, Eleanor (D, HD-000)
- Marilyn Strickland (D, HD-010)
- Marc Veasey (D, HD-033)
- Frederica Wilson (D, HD-FL-24)
- Yassamin Ansari (D, HD-003)
- Nydia Velazquez (D, HD-NY-7)
- Andre Carson (D, HD-IN-7)
Latest actions
- : Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
- : 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.
- : Introduced in House
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Common questions
- What is HB10654?
- HB10654 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): PFB Act.
- What does HB10654 do?
- In its own words: 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.
- What is the status of HB10654?
- In committee as of October 14, 2026. Latest action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. (October 14, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB10654?
- Herbert Conaway (D, HD-003), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB10654?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10654
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