I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3619 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to provide for an opportunity for members of the Armed Forces 
who were involuntarily or voluntarily separated for refusing to receive 
a COVID–19 vaccination to transfer the entitlement to educational assist-
ance of such members to their dependents. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 29, 2025 
Mr. BARRETT (for himself, Mr. HARRIGAN, Mr. VAN ORDEN, Mr. MURPHY, 
Mr. BEGICH, Mr. GOLDMAN of Texas, Mr. HAMADEH of Arizona, Mr. 
MOORE of North Carolina, Mr. ONDER, Mr. DOWNING, Mr. LUTTRELL, 
Mr. SELF, Mr. NUNN of Iowa, and Mr. BERGMAN) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs 
A BILL 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs to provide for an opportunity 
for members of the Armed Forces who were involuntarily 
or voluntarily separated for refusing to receive a 
COVID–19 vaccination to transfer the entitlement to 
educational assistance of such members to their depend-
ents. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Patriots Over Politics 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. OPPORTUNITY OF CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE 
ARMED FORCES TO TRANSFER DEPARTMENT 
OF VETERANS AFFAIRS ENTITLEMENT TO 
EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE. 
Section 3319 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(m) DISCHARGE
FOR
REFUSAL
TO
RECEIVE 
COVID–19 VACCINATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, during the 90-day period beginning 
on the date of the enactment of this subsection, the 
Secretary shall allow a covered eligible individual to 
transfer to an eligible dependent under this section 
the entitlement to educational assistance of the indi-
vidual as of the date on which such individual was 
separated from the Armed Forces. 
‘‘(2) 
COMMENCEMENT
OF
USE.—Notwith-
standing subsection (g)(2)(A), in the case of entitle-
ment transferred to a child under this subsection, 
the child may commence the use of the transferred 
entitlement after the completion by the individual 
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making the transfer of at least six years of service 
in the Armed Forces. 
‘‘(3) COVERED ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL.—In this 
subsection, a covered eligible individual is an indi-
vidual described in subsection (b) who during the pe-
riod beginning on August 24, 2021, and ending on 
January 10, 2023, was involuntarily or voluntarily 
separated from an Armed Force solely on the basis 
of the refusal of such individual to receive a vaccina-
tion against COVID–19.’’. 
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