[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 119 (Tuesday, July 23, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S5255]
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  SA 2989. Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Ms. Cortez Masto) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4638, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 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 B of title VI, insert the following:

     SEC. 615. TERMINATION OF OBLIGATION TO REPAY BONUSES OF 
                   MEMBERS SEPARATED FOR REFUSING COVID-19 
                   VACCINE.

       (a) In General.--A former member of the Armed Forces who 
     was separated from the Armed Forces solely because the former 
     member refused to obtain a COVID-19 vaccine shall be released 
     from any obligation to repay the prorated portion of any 
     bonus received by the former member for any period of 
     obligated service on or after January 10, 2023.
       (b) Reimbursment of Repayments.--A former member of the 
     Armed Forces described in subsection (a) who, before the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, repaid any of the prorated 
     portion of a bonus described in that subsection shall be 
     reimbursed for such repayment.
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