To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that a member of the Armed Forces, granted a general discharge under honorable conditions on the sole basis that such member failed to obey a lawful order to receive a vaccine for COVID-19, is eligible for certain educational assistance administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

Bill: 117-hr-6671
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Fitzgerald, Scott [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2022-02-09
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health

Emergency medical services and trauma care

Immunology and vaccination

Infectious and parasitic diseases

Military personnel and dependents

Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Latest action: action_date: 2022-07-19
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 15 - 13.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-02-09
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill ensures that members of the Armed Forces who were granted a general discharge under honorable conditions (on the sole basis that the members failed to obey a lawful order to receive a vaccine for COVID-19) are eligible for Department of Veterans Affairs educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill-Active Duty and Post-9/11 GI Bill programs.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6671 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 9, 2022 Mr. Fitzgerald (for himself, Mr. Bost , Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois , Mrs. Miller-Meeks , Mr. Bergman , Mr. LaMalfa , Mr. Posey , Mr. Huizenga , and Mr. Crenshaw ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs A BILL To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that a member of the Armed Forces, granted a general discharge under honorable conditions on the sole basis that such member failed to obey a lawful order to receive a vaccine for COVID-19, is eligible for certain educational assistance administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

1. Certain educational assistance for a member of the Armed Forces granted a general discharge under honorable conditions on the sole basis that such member failed to obey a lawful order to receive a vaccine for COVID-19 (a) All-Volunteer Force Educational Assistance Section 3011(a)(3)(B) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking an honorable discharge; and inserting an em dash; and (2) by inserting at the end the following new clauses: (i) an honorable discharge; or (ii) a general discharge under honorable conditions on the sole basis that the individual failed to obey a lawful order to receive a vaccine for COVID-19; . (b) Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Section 3311(c) of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (5) A general discharge under honorable conditions on the sole basis that the individual failed to obey a lawful order to receive a vaccine for COVID-19. .