[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 205 (Monday, November 29, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S8792]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4851. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3867 proposed by Mr. Reed to the bill H.R. 4350, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place, add the following:

     SEC. 744. 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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