A bill to prohibit any requirement that a member of the National Guard receive a vaccination against COVID-19.

Bill: 117-s-4499
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN]
Introduced: 2022-07-11
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Latest action: action_date: 2022-07-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-07-11
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill prohibits federal funds from being used to require a member of the National Guard to receive a COVID-19 vaccination. In addition, the Department of Defense is prohibited from taking any adverse action (e.g., punishment) against a member of the National Guard because the member refuses to receive such a vaccination.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4499 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 11, 2022 Mrs. Blackburn introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To prohibit any requirement that a member of the National Guard receive a vaccination against COVID–19.

1. Prohibitions on requirement that a member of the National Guard receive a vaccination against COVID–19 (a) Prohibition on funding No Federal funds may be used to require a member of the National Guard to receive a vaccination against COVID–19. (b) Prohibition on adverse action The Secretary of Defense may not take any adverse action against a member of the National Guard because such member refuses to receive a vaccination against COVID–19. (c) Adverse action defined In this section, the term adverse action includes the following: (1) Retaliation. (2) Punishment. (3) Disparate treatment.