This bill requires the military departments to reinstate individuals (upon their request) who were involuntarily separated from the Armed Forces solely based on their refusal to receive a COVID-19 vaccination. Such individuals must be reinstated in the grade they held prior to the separation.
To direct the Secretary concerned to reinstate a member involuntarily 
 separated from the Armed Forces solely on the basis of the refusal of 
         such member to 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. REINSTATEMENT OF MEMBERS INVOLUNTARILY SEPARATED FROM THE 
              ARMED FORCES ON THE BASIS OF REFUSAL TO RECEIVE 
              VACCINATIONS AGAINST COVID-19.

    (a) Reinstatement.--At the election of a covered individual, the 
Secretary concerned shall reinstate such covered individual--
            (1) as a member of the Armed Force concerned; and
            (2) in the grade held by such covered individual 
        immediately before the involuntary separation of the covered 
        individual.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) The term ``covered individual'' means an individual 
        involuntarily separated from the Armed Forces solely on the 
        basis of the refusal of such individual to receive a 
        vaccination against COVID-19.
            (2) The term ``Secretary concerned'' has the meaning given 
        that term in section 101 of title 10, United States Code.
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To direct the Secretary concerned to reinstate a member involuntarily separated from the Armed Forces solely on the basis of the refusal of such member to receive a vaccination against COVID-19.
To direct the Secretary concerned to reinstate a member involuntarily separated from the Armed Forces solely on the basis of the refusal of such member to receive a vaccination against COVID-19.
Official Titles - House of Representatives
Official Title as Introduced
To direct the Secretary concerned to reinstate a member involuntarily separated from the Armed Forces solely on the basis of the refusal of such member to receive a vaccination against COVID-19.
Rep. Mast, Brian J.