,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #afga  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #bg1       
#bjbe,mr4 ,davidson 7for himself1 ,mr4  
,nehls1 ,mr4 ,massie1 ,mrs4 ,miller of  
,illinois1 ,mr4 ,gosar1 ,mr4 ,weber of  
,texas1 and ,mr4 ,fallon7 introduced the
 following bill2 which was referred to  
the ,committee on ,veterans' ,affairs1  
and in addition to the ,committee on    
,armed ,services1 for a period to be    
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #ch1 ,united 
,states ,code1 to provide for a         
presumption of service-connection under 
the laws administered by the ,secretary 
of ,veterans ,affairs for certain       
diseases associated with the ,,covid-#ai
 vaccine that become manifest during the
 one-year period following the receipt  
of the vaccine1 and for other purposes4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited

 as the ,justice for ,vaccine ,injured  
,veterans ,act of #bjbe4  #b4 ,findings2
 sense of ,congress  7a7 ,findings      
,congress finds the following3 7#a7 ,on 
,august #bd1 #bjba1 ,secretary of       
,defense ,lloyd ,austin issued a        
memorandum titled1 ,mandatory           
,coronavirus ,disease #bjai ,vaccination
 of ,department of ,defense ,service    
,members4  7#b7 ,this memorandum stated1
 ,i therefore direct the ,secretaries of
 the ,military ,departments to          
immediately begin full vaccination of   
all members of the ,armed ,forces under 
,do,d authority on active duty or in the
 ,ready ,reserve1 including the         
,national ,guard1 who are not fully     
vaccinated against ,,covid-#ai4  7#c7   
,in ,december #bjbb1 the ,department of 
,defense reported that #ih percent of   
active duty service members and #if     
percent of the total force have been    
vaccinated from ,,covid-#ai4  7#d7 ,as a
 result of this memorandum1 more than   
#h1djj members of the ,armed ,forces    

were forced out of the military for     
refusing to get the ,,covid-#ai vaccine4
  7#e7 ,on ,january #aj1 #bjbc1         
,secretary ,austin was forced to rescind
 this memorandum as a requirement of    
section #ebe of the ,james ,m4 ,inhofe  
,national ,defense ,authorization ,act  
for ,fiscal ,year #bjbc 7,public ,law   
#aag-bfc74  7b7 ,sense of ,congress ,it 
is the sense of ,congress that the      
actions referred to in subsection 7a7   
that were taken by the ,department of   
,defense under the ,biden administration
 caused irreparable harm to the health  
and readiness of the ,united ,states    
,armed ,forces4  #c4 ,department of     
,veterans ,affairs presumption of       
service-connection for certain diseases 
associated with ,,covid-#ai vaccine  7a7
 ,in general ,subchapter ,,ii of chapter
 #aa of title #ch1 ,united ,states      
,code1 is amended by adding at the end  
the following new section3  #aabj;,a4   
,presumption of service-connection for  
certain diseases associated with        

,,covid-#ai vaccine  7a7 ,in general    
,for the purposes of section #aaaj of   
this title1 and subject to section #aaac
 of this title1 a disease specified in  
subsection 7b7 becoming manifest in a   
member of the ,armed ,forces who1 during
 the period beginning on ,august #bd1   
#bjba1 and ending on ,january #aj1      
#bjbc1 received a ,,covid-#ai vaccine   
under orders shall be considered to have
 been incurred in or aggravated during  
active military1 naval1 air1 or space   
service1 notwithstanding that there is  
no record of evidence of such disease   
during the period of such service4  7b7 
,covered diseases ,the diseases         
specified in this subsection are the    
following3 7#a7 ,myocarditis4  7#b7     
,pericarditis4  7#c7 ,thrombosis with   
thrombocytopenia syndrome4  7#d7        
,guillian-,barre ,syndrome4  7#e7 ,any  
other disease for which the ,secretary  
determines that a presumption of service
 connection is warranted based on a     
positive association with the           

,,covid-#ai vaccine4  7c7 ,congressional
 notice requirement ,if the ,secretary  
determines that an additional disease   
should be specified pursuant to         
subsection 7b77#d71 the ,secretary shall
 submit to the ,committees on ,veterans 
,affairs' of the ,senate and the ,house 
of ,representatives notice of such      
determination4  7d7 ,report ,not later  
than #fj days after the date of         
enactment of the ,justice for ,vaccine  
,injured ,veterans ,act of #bjbe1 and   
every #fj days thereafter for the       
subsequent four year-period1 the        
,secretary shall submit to the          
,committees of ,veterans' ,affairs of   
the ,senate and the ,house of           
,representatives a report that contains 
each of the following3 7#a7 ,the total  
number of claims for compensation under 
this chapter related to a disease       
associated with the ,,covid-#ai vaccine4
  7#b7 ,the status of each such claim1  
disaggregated by-- 7,a7 the number of   
claims that were approved2  7,b7 the    

number of claims that were denied and   
for which the claimant took no further  
action2  7,c7 the number of claims that 
were denied and for which the claimant  
filed a supplemental claim2  7,d7 the   
number of claims that were denied and   
for which the claimant requested a      
higher level review2 and  7,e7 the      
number of claims that were denied and   
for which the claimant filed an appeal  
to the ,board of ,veterans' ,appeals4   
7#c7 ,the total number of such claims   
that1 as of the date of the submission  
of the report1 had been submitted but   
were pending a decision4  7e7 ,public   
access to reports ,the ,secretary shall 
make each report required by subsection 
7d7 publicly available1 including by    
making publicly available on an         
appropriate website of the ,department  
each such report together with such     
additional information or comments as   
the ,secretary considers appropriate to 
provide context for the report4  7f7    
,,covid-#ai vaccine defined ,in this    

section1 the term ,,covid-#ai vaccine   
means vaccine licensed under section    
#cea of the ,public ,health ,service    
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bfb7 or authorized 
for emergency use under section #efd of 
the ,federal ,food1 ,drug1 and ,cosmetic
 ,act 7#ba ,u4,s4,c4 #cfj;bbb-#c7 for   
immunization against the virus          
responsible for ,,covid-#ai4  4  7b7    
,clerical amendment ,the table of       
sections at the beginning of such       
chapter is amended by inserting after   
the item relating to section #aabj the  
following new item3  #aabj;,a4          
,presumption of service-connection for  
certain diseases associated with        
,,covid-#ai vaccine4  4