S.Amdt. 4796

SA 4796. Mr. PAUL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to
the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022
for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle C of title VII, add the following:

SEC. 744. PROHIBITION ON DISHONORABLE DISCHARGE OF MEMBERS OF
THE ARMED FORCES FOR REFUSING TO COMPLY WITH
COVID-19 VACCINE MANDATE.

The Secretary of Defense may not give a dishonorable
discharge to a member of the Armed Forces solely on the basis
of the refusal of the member, for religious, medical, or
personal reasons, to comply with any requirement that the
member receive a vaccination for coronavirus disease 2019
(commonly known as ``COVID-19'').
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