S.Amdt. 2989

SA 2989. Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Ms. Cortez Masto) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4638, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 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 B of title VI, insert the following:

SEC. 615. TERMINATION OF OBLIGATION TO REPAY BONUSES OF
MEMBERS SEPARATED FOR REFUSING COVID-19
VACCINE.

(a) In General.--A former member of the Armed Forces who
was separated from the Armed Forces solely because the former
member refused to obtain a COVID-19 vaccine shall be released
from any obligation to repay the prorated portion of any
bonus received by the former member for any period of
obligated service on or after January 10, 2023.
(b) Reimbursment of Repayments.--A former member of the
Armed Forces described in subsection (a) who, before the date
of the enactment of this Act, repaid any of the prorated
portion of a bonus described in that subsection shall be
reimbursed for such repayment.
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