,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hbh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #f1 #bjbc  
,mr4 ,dunn of ,florida 7for himself1    
,mr4 ,jackson of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,mills1   
,mr4 ,ezell1 ,mr4 ,posey1 ,mr4 ,cloud1  
,mr4 ,c4 ,scott ,franklin of ,florida1  
,mrs4 ,harshbarger1 ,mr4 ,gimenez1 and  
,mr4 ,buchanan7 introduced the following
 bill2 which was referred to the        
,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a      
,,bill  ,to direct the reinstatement of 
an individual involuntarily separated   
from an ,armed ,force solely on the     
basis of refusing to receive a          
vaccination against ,,covid-#ai4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,troop ,return ,of ,overdue ,payment
 ,act or the ,,troop ,act4  #b4         
,reinstatement and back pay for an      
individual involuntarily separated from 
an ,armed ,force solely on the basis of 
refusing to receive a vaccination       
against ,,covid-#ai  7a7 ,reinstatement 
,at the request of a covered individual1

 the ,secretary concerned shall--  7#a7 
reinstate the covered individual as a   
member of the ,armed ,force concerned1  
in the same rank and grade the covered  
individual held at the time of          
separation from the ,armed ,force       
concerned2 and  7#b7 include1 in the    
computation of the retired or retainer  
pay of such covered individual1 the     
period between the involuntary          
separation and the reinstatement of the 
covered individual4  7b7 ,back pay ,a   
covered individual who was involuntarily
 discharged from an ,armed ,force and   
who makes a request under subsection 7a7
 shall be entitled to back pay for the  
period between such separation and      
reinstatement of the covered individual4
  7c7 ,definitions ,in this section3    
7#a7 ,the term covered individual means 
an individual who was involuntarily     
separated from an ,armed ,force solely  
on the basis of the refusal of such     
individual to receive a vaccination     
against ,,covid-#ai4  7#b7 ,the term    

,secretary concerned has the meaning    
given such term in section #aja of title
 #aj1 ,united ,states ,code4