[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4499 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4499

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


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                   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

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                                 A BILL


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

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

SECTION 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.
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