This bill prohibits federal funds from being used to require a member of the National Guard to receive a COVID-19 vaccination. In addition, the Department of Defense is prohibited from taking any adverse action (e.g., punishment) against a member of the National Guard because the member refuses to receive such a vaccination.
To prohibit any requirement that a member of the National Guard receive 
                    a vaccination against COVID-19.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PROHIBITIONS ON REQUIREMENT THAT A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL 
              GUARD RECEIVE A VACCINATION AGAINST COVID-19.

    (a) Prohibition on Funding.--No Federal funds may be used to 
require a member of the National Guard to receive a vaccination against 
COVID-19.
    (b) Prohibition on Adverse Action.--The Secretary of Defense may 
not take any adverse action against a member of the National Guard 
because such member refuses to receive a vaccination against COVID-19.
    (c) Adverse Action Defined.--In this section, the term ``adverse 
action'' includes the following:
            (1) Retaliation.
            (2) Punishment.
            (3) Disparate treatment.
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A bill to prohibit any requirement that a member of the National Guard receive a vaccination against COVID-19.
A bill to prohibit any requirement that a member of the National Guard receive a vaccination against COVID-19.
Official Titles - Senate
Official Title as Introduced
A bill to prohibit any requirement that a member of the National Guard receive a vaccination against COVID-19.
Sen. Blackburn, Marsha