S.Amdt. 2999

SA 2999. Mr. CRUZ 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 subtitle B of title VI, add the following:

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

(a) Release From Repayment Obligation.--A former member of
the Armed Forces who was separated from the Armed Forces
based solely on the failure of the member to obey an order to
receive a vaccine for COVID-19 shall be released from any
obligation to repay any bonus received by the former member
from the Department of Defense.
(b) Reimbursement 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 portion of a bonus
described in that subsection shall be reimbursed by the
Secretary of Defense for such repayment.
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