[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2842 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2842

  To amend title 10, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of 
   Defense from requiring that members of the Armed Forces receive a 
               COVID-19 vaccine, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 23, 2021

    Mr. Lee introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 10, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of 
   Defense from requiring that members of the Armed Forces receive a 
               COVID-19 vaccine, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Respecting Our Servicemembers Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON COVID-19 VACCINATION REQUIREMENTS FOR MEMBERS OF 
              THE ARMED FORCES.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after section 1110b the following new section:
``Sec. 1110c. Prohibition on COVID-19 vaccination requirement
    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense may not require any 
member of an Armed Force to receive a vaccine with respect to the 
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).
    ``(b) Member of an Armed Force Defined.--In this section the term 
`member of an Armed Force' means a member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, 
Marine Corps, Coast Guard, or Space Force, including any member of a 
reserve component thereof on active service or active status.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 55 of such title is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 1110b the following new item:

``1110c. Prohibition on COVID-19 vaccination requirement.''.
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