Title: To establish certain protections for members of the Armed Forces who refuse to receive vaccinations against COVID-19, and to increase basic pay for members of the uniformed services.
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
This bill addresses the COVID-19 vaccine for members of the Armed Forces and basic pay for members of the uniformed services. Specifically, the bill prohibits the use of federal funds to require a member of the Armed Forces to receive a COVID-19 vaccination. The bill also prohibits adverse action (e.g., punishment) being taken against a member of the Armed Forces because the member refuses to receive a COVID-19 vaccination.
The bill also increases the rate of monthly basic pay for members of the uniformed services by 2.7% starting on January 1, 2023. Uniformed services means members of the Armed Forces, the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6429 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6429

 To establish certain protections for members of the Armed Forces who 
refuse to receive vaccinations against COVID-19, and to increase basic 
               pay for members of the uniformed services.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 19, 2022

   Mrs. Miller of Illinois introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To establish certain protections for members of the Armed Forces who 
refuse to receive vaccinations against COVID-19, and to increase basic 
               pay for members of the uniformed services.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PROTECTIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES WHO REFUSE TO 
              RECEIVE VACCINATIONS AGAINST COVID-19.

    (a) Prohibitions.--
            (1) Federal funding.--No Federal funds may be used to 
        require a member of the Armed Forces to receive a vaccination 
        against COVID-19.
            (2) Adverse action.--The Secretary concerned may not take 
        any adverse action against a member of the Armed Forces solely 
        on the basis that such member refuses to receive a vaccination 
        against COVID-19.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) The term ``adverse action'' includes the following:
                    (A) Retaliation.
                    (B) Punishment.
                    (C) Disparate treatment.
                    (D) A requirement to wear a mask.
                    (E) A requirement to reside in substandard housing.
            (2) The term ``Secretary concerned'' has the meaning given 
        that term in section 101 of title 10, United States Code.

SEC. 2. INCREASE IN BASIC PAY FOR MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES.

    Effective on January 1, 2023, the rates of monthly basic pay for 
members of the uniformed services are increased by 2.7 percent.
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