[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 158 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5666]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6119. Mr. THUNE 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. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
                   COVID-19 VACCINE REQUIREMENTS AND THEIR EFFECTS 
                   ON END STRENGTH AND READINESS.

       (a) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 
     States shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the 
     Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of 
     Representatives a report on Department of Defense COVID-19 
     vaccine requirements and their effects on end strength and 
     readiness.
       (b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a) 
     shall include data and analysis with respect to--
       (1) the number of pending and rejected vaccine waiver 
     requests, including religious waivers;
       (2) the number of removals from service, including rank, 
     occupation, and time in service;
       (3) an estimated total of benefits lost for such removals;
       (4) the effect of the vaccine requirement on recruitment, 
     retention, and readiness;
       (5) the estimated cost to retrain replacements, including 
     end strength loss from occupations that are currently 
     eligible for recruitment and retention bonuses;
       (6) a catalogue of cancelled or delayed training or 
     missions due to COVID-19 outbreaks or lack of manpower due to 
     removals; and
       (7) the number of servicemembers who are being denied 
     permanent change of station, educational, or other 
     assignments or training as a result of non-compliance.
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