Establish objective standards, procedural protections, and independent review for the Secretary of Defense's removal of officers from promotion recommendations.

Marilyn Strickland · Washington · Democratic

policy impact 0.62 specificity 0.88 extraction confidence 86%

Commitment kind: action. Promised action: Establish objective standards, procedural protections, and independent review for the Secretary of Defense's removal of officers from promotion recommendations.. Promised outcome: Military officer promotion recommendation removals would be governed by objective standards, procedural protections, and independent review.. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired. H.R. 10710, Military Officer Promotion Integrity Act of 2026, introduced in the House on 2026-10-01 by Rep. Marilyn Strickland during the 119th Congress, 2nd Session.

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Full Title To establish objective standards, procedural protections, and independent review for the Secretary of Defense’s removal of officers from promotion recommendations.

Strickland introduced H.R. 10710, the Military Officer Promotion Integrity Act of 2026, to set standards, protections, and independent review for Defense Secretary decisions removing officers from promotion recommendations.

H.R. 10710 (IH) - Military Officer Promotion Integrity Act of 2026 - BILLS-119hr10710ih | Content Details | GovInfo
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Ms. Strickland (for herself and Ms. Houlahan) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Official GovInfo record shows Strickland introduced H.R. 10710 and the only listed action was referral to House Armed Services, indicating concrete effort but not enactment or final delivery by the 2026-10-09 refresh.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H.R. 10710 (IH) - Military Officer Promotion Integrity Act of 2026 - BILLS-119hr10710ih | Content Details | GovInfo
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Representative Chrissy Houlahan (PA-06), with Representative Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) and Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), led the bicameral introduction of the Military Officer Promotion Integrity Act

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Official congressional press release documents Strickland's role in introducing the bill, but describes introduction rather than passage or implementation, so the commitment remains unresolved.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Reps. Houlahan, Strickland, Sen. Blumenthal Introduce Bicameral Legislation to Depoliticize Military Promotions | U.S. Representative Chrissy Houlahan
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Public state: pending As of 2026-10-09 · verified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): unresolved. unknown A for effort

The verified commitment is to establish standards, protections, and independent review for removal of officers from promotion recommendations. The only verified evidence shows Rep. Strickland introduced H.R. 10710 and that it was referred to the House Armed Services Committee. Introduction is material effort by the candidate, but it does not prove enactment or implementation of the promised policy outcome. With no deadline shown as expired, the outcome remains unresolved rather than never or partial.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 94%