[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 587 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 587

  Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress 
   disapproves of Department of Defense leadership pursuing adverse 
  actions toward members of the Armed Forces of the United States who 
               choose not to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 13, 2021

    Mr. Green of Tennessee (for himself, Mr. Massie, Mr. Garcia of 
California, Mr. Roy, Mr. Tiffany, Mr. Burchett, Mr. Harris, Mr. Murphy 
   of North Carolina, Mrs. Cammack, and Mr. Crenshaw) submitted the 
  following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Armed 
                                Services

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress 
   disapproves of Department of Defense leadership pursuing adverse 
  actions toward members of the Armed Forces of the United States who 
               choose not to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.

Whereas the Secretary of Defense has announced a COVID-19 vaccine mandate will 
        take effect for the Armed Forces of the United States even if the Food 
        and Drug Administration has only approved the COVID-19 vaccine under an 
        emergency use authorization;
Whereas many Americans have reservations about taking a vaccine that has only 
        been available for less than a year;
Whereas reports of adverse actions being taken, or threatened, by military 
        leadership at all levels are antithetical to our fundamental American 
        values; and
Whereas any discharge other than honorable denotes a dereliction of duty or that 
        a servicemember did not serve the United States and its people to the 
        best of his or her ability: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives stands in opposition to 
any adverse punishment or any discharge that is not an honorable 
discharge for servicemembers whose discharge is because they choose not 
to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
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