Human Rights Campaign (HRC) urged Congress on Saturday to reject a provision from the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that prohibits the usage of healthcare coverage for trans kids of servicemembers.

President of HRC Kelley Robinson stated that “anti-equality House Republican leaders are hijacking a defense bill to play politics with the healthcare of children of servicemembers.” She added that the discriminatory nature of the provision is a “slap in the face to servicemembers and their families, who sacrifice every day for our country.”

According to the statement, President Biden has promised to veto any legislation that promotes discrimination against transgender people, signaling a potential deadlock over the bill.

The National Defense Authorization Act which has yet to reach the House Floor contains a provision that could prohibit TRICARE, the uniformed services healthcare program, from covering gender dysphoria treatments for children under 18. More specifically, Section 708 of Title VII: Health Care Provision, states that coverage of “certain medical procedures for children that could result in sterilization” is prohibited under the TRICARE program.

In a statement released on Saturday, Speaker Mike Johnson said that NDAA focuses on military readiness, and servicemember support and “addresses radical woke ideology,” specifically noting the provision permanently banning transgender medical treatments for minors.

In July, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) criticized the approval of a version of the bill in the Senate Armed Services Committee, which specifically prohibited the providing of gender-affirming surgeries to transgender servicemembers by the US Department of Defense, calling it “dangerous and discriminatory.”

According to Politico, the annual defense policy bill is facing a last-minute snag over a provision restricting transgender medical care. Democratic Representative Adam Smith, the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, said he’s undecided about supporting the bill, calling the measure a “partisan wedge issue” pushed by Republicans.