,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dibe  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #bb1
 #bjbb,mrs4 ,blackburn 7for herself1    
,mr4 ,cotton1 ,mr4 ,braun1 ,mr4 ,hoeven1
 and ,mrs4 ,hyde-,smith7 introduced the 
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,armed   
,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to preserve the  
readiness of the ,armed ,forces by      
limiting separations based on           
,,covid-#ai vaccination status and      
continuing pay and benefits for members 
while religious and health              
accommodations are pending4  #a4 ,short 
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,preserving the ,readiness of our ,armed
 ,forces ,act of #bjbb4  #b4 ,access to 
pay and benefits for members of         
,national ,guard and reserve components 
while requests for religious and health 
accommodations are pending ,a member of 
the ,national ,guard or another reserve 
component of the ,armed ,forces shall   
maintain access to pay and benefits     

while a request of the member for a     
religious or health accommodation is    
pending4  #c4 ,limitation on involuntary
 separation of members of ,armed ,forces
 based on ,,covid-#ai 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-#ai until the ,armed 
,forces have achieved the end strengths 
authorized under the most recent ,act   
authorizing appropriations for military 
activities of the ,department of        
,defense4