,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dagb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #aj1      
#bjbb,mr4 ,cruz 7for himself1 ,mr4      
,rubio1 ,mr4 ,hawley1 ,mr4 ,marshall1   
,mr4 ,scott of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,johnson1 
,mr4 ,crapo1 ,mr4 ,cramer1 ,mr4 ,paul1  
,mr4 ,hoeven1 ,mr4 ,lankford1 ,mr4      
,risch1 ,mr4 ,braun1 and ,mr4 ,daines7  
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a      
,,bill  ,to amend the ,national ,defense
 ,authorization ,act for ,fiscal ,year  
#bjbb to modify the limitation on       
discharge of members of the ,armed      
,forces solely on the basis of failure  
to obey a lawful order to receive a     
vaccine for ,,covid-#ai1 and for other  
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,allowing ,military 
,exemptions1 ,recognizing ,individual   
,concerns ,about ,new ,shots ,act of    
#bjbb or the ,,americans ,act4  #b4     
,modification of limitation on actions  

based solely on failure to obey an order
 to receive a vaccine for ,,covid-#ai   
,section #gcf of the ,national ,defense 
,authorization ,act for ,fiscal ,year   
#bjbb 7,public ,law #aag-ha7 is         
amended-- 7#a7 by amending the section  
heading to read as follows3 ,limitations
 on punishment solely on basis of       
failure to obey order to receive        
,,covid-#ai vaccine2  7#b7 in subsection
 7a7-- 7,a7 by striking a lawful and    
inserting an2 and  7,b7 by striking     
shall be and all that follows through   
the period at the end and inserting     
shall be an honorable discharge2  7#c7  
by redesignating subsection 7b7 as      
subsection 7f72  7#d7 by inserting after
 subsection 7a7 the following new       
subsections3  7b7 ,prohibition on       
adverse action ,the ,secretary of       
,defense may not take any adverse action
 against a covered member based solely  
on the refusal of such member to receive
 a vaccine for ,,covid-#ai4  7c7        
,remedies available for a covered member

 discharged or punished based on        
,,covid-#ai status ,at the election of a
 covered member and upon application    
through a process established by the    
,secretary of ,defense1 the ,secretary  
shall-- 7#a7 adjust to honorable        
discharge the status of the member if-- 
7,a7 the member was separated from the  
,armed ,forces based solely on the      
failure of the member to obey an order  
to receive a vaccine for ,,covid-#ai2   
and  7,b7 the discharge status of the   
member would have been an honorable     
discharge but for the refusal to obtain 
such vaccine2  7#b7 reinstate the member
 at the grade held by the member        
immediately prior to the involuntary    
separation of the member2  7#c7 expunge 
from the service record of the member   
any reference to any adverse action     
based solely on ,,covid-#ai status1     
including involuntary separation2 and   
7#d7 include the time of involuntary    
separation of the member reinstated     
under paragraph 7#b7 in the computation 

of the retired or retainer pay of the   
member4  7d7 ,attempt ,to avoid         
discharge ,the ,secretary of ,defense   
shall-- 7#a7 make every effort to retain
 members of the ,armed ,forces who are  
not vaccinated against ,,covid-#ai2     
7#b7 create an exemption to the         
requirement that members of the ,armed  
,forces be vaccinated against           
,,covid-#ai for such members with       
natural immunity2 and  7#c7 recognize an
 exemption to the requirement that      
members of the ,armed ,forces be        
vaccinated against ,,covid-#ai based on 
an underlying health condition or the   
sincerely held religious beliefs of an  
individual member4  7e7 ,report on      
religious exemptions to ,,covid-#ai     
vaccine ,not later than #ij days after  
the date of the enactment of the        
,allowing ,military ,exemptions1        
,recognizing ,individual ,concerns      
,about ,new ,shots ,act of #bjbb1 the   
,secretary of ,defense shall submit to  
,congress a report on the number of     

religious exemptions submitted by       
members of ,armed ,forces for the       
requirement that such members be        
vaccinated against ,,covid-#ai1 which   
shall include how many were approved and
 how many denied1 disaggregated by      
religious denomination4  2 and  7#e7 in 
subsection 7f71 as redesignated by      
paragraph 7#c7-- 7,a7 by redesignating  
paragraphs 7#a7 and 7#b7 as paragraphs  
7#b7 and 7#c71 respectively2  7,b7      
inserting before paragraph 7#b7 the     
following new paragraph 7#a73  7#a7 ,the
 term adverse action includes discharge1
 punishment1 retaliation1 disparate     
treatment1 a requirement to wear a mask1
 or a requirement to reside in          
sub-standard housing or endure          
sub-standard conditions4  2 and  7,c7 in
 paragraph 7#c71 as redesignated by     
subparagraph 7,a7-- 7i7 by striking     
means a member and inserting 8means--   
7,a7 a member  2  7ii7 in subparagraph  
7,a71 as designated by clause 7i71 by   
striking the period at the end and      

insert a semicolon2 and  7iii7 by adding
 at the end the following new           
subparagraphs3  7,b7 an individual      
enrolled at a military service academy2 
or  7,c7 an individual enrolled in the  
,junior ,reserve ,officers' ,training   
,corps 7,,jrotc7 or ,senior ,reserve    
,officers' ,training ,corps 7,,srotc7   
program4  4