2024: Fitzpatrick Voted Against Establishing Sex-Neutral Combat
Fitness Standards. In June 2024, Fitzpatrick voted against , according
to Congressional Quarterly, "amendment no. 50 that would strike a
provision regarding physical fitness standards for the Army Combat
Fitness Test for combat military occupational specialties and replace it
with sex-neutral physical fitness standards. It also would expand the
physical fitness standards to apply to two additional military
occupational specialties." The vote was on the amendment. The underlying
legislation was the FY 2025 National Defense Authorization Act. The
House rejected the amendment by a vote of 205 to 216. [House Vote 274,
6/13/24; Congressional
Quarterly, 6/13/24;
Congressional Actions,
H.Amdt.984;
Congressional Actions, H.R.
8070]