[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 152 (Wednesday, September 21, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S4932]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5558. Mr. LANKFORD 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 appropriate place in title V, insert the following:

     SEC. 5__. OPPORTUNITY TO COMPLETE 20 YEARS OF SERVICE FOR 
                   MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES WHO HAVE NOT 
                   RECEIVED A VACCINE FOR COVID-19.

       The Secretary of Defense shall permit any member of the 
     Armed Forces who has reached or exceeded 18 years of 
     satisfactory service in the Armed Forces the opportunity to 
     complete 20 years of satisfactory service if--
       (1) the member has not received a vaccine for COVID-19; and
       (2) the Secretary is unable to provide clear and convincing 
     evidence that there is a reason not to permit the member to 
     complete such service other than the fact that member has not 
     received such vaccine.
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