[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 828 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 828

 To direct the reinstatement of an individual involuntarily separated 
   from an Armed Force solely on the basis of refusing to receive a 
                     vaccination against COVID-19.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 6, 2023

Mr. Dunn of Florida (for himself, Mr. Jackson of Texas, Mr. Mills, Mr. 
  Ezell, Mr. Posey, Mr. Cloud, Mr. C. Scott Franklin of Florida, Mrs. 
 Harshbarger, Mr. Gimenez, and Mr. Buchanan) introduced the following 
      bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the reinstatement of an individual involuntarily separated 
   from an Armed Force solely on the basis of refusing to 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Troop Return Of Overdue Payment 
Act'' or the ``TROOP Act''.

SEC. 2. REINSTATEMENT AND BACK PAY FOR AN INDIVIDUAL INVOLUNTARILY 
              SEPARATED FROM AN ARMED FORCE SOLELY ON THE BASIS OF 
              REFUSING TO RECEIVE A VACCINATION AGAINST COVID-19.

    (a) Reinstatement.--At the request of a covered individual, the 
Secretary concerned shall--
            (1) reinstate the covered individual as a member of the 
        Armed Force concerned, in the same rank and grade the covered 
        individual held at the time of separation from the Armed Force 
        concerned; and
            (2) include, in the computation of the retired or retainer 
        pay of such covered individual, the period between the 
        involuntary separation and the reinstatement of the covered 
        individual.
    (b) Back Pay.--A covered individual who was involuntarily 
discharged from an Armed Force and who makes a request under subsection 
(a) shall be entitled to back pay for the period between such 
separation and reinstatement of the covered individual.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) The term ``covered individual'' means an individual who 
        was involuntarily separated from an Armed Force solely on the 
        basis of the refusal of such individual to receive a 
        vaccination against COVID-19.
            (2) The term ``Secretary concerned'' has the meaning given 
        such term in section 101 of title 10, United States Code.
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