[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 152 (Wednesday, September 21, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S4925]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5531. Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Risch, and Mr. 
Braun) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 
5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to 
be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2023 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 end of subtitle G of title V, add the following:

     SEC. 589. LIMITATION ON INVOLUNTARY SEPARATION OF MEMBERS OF 
                   ARMED FORCES BASED ON COVID-19 VACCINATION 
                   STATUS.

       A member of an active or reserve component of the Armed 
     Forces may not be involuntarily separated from the Armed 
     Forces based solely on the vaccination status of the member 
     with respect to COVID-19 until the Armed Forces have achieved 
     the end strengths authorized under section 401.
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