[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5892 Introduced in House (IH)]

<DOC>






117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5892

 To prohibit the denial of any Federal benefit, to which an individual 
   is entitled by reason of service as a member of the Armed Forces, 
  solely on the basis of the refusal of such individual to receive a 
                     vaccination against COVID-19.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 5, 2021

  Mr. Babin (for himself, Mr. Biggs, Mr. McKinley, Mr. Sessions, Mr. 
Lamborn, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mrs. McClain, and Mr. Jackson) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight 
                               and Reform

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the denial of any Federal benefit, to which an individual 
   is entitled by reason of service as a member of the Armed Forces, 
  solely on the basis of the refusal of such individual to receive a 
                     vaccination against COVID-19.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Our Veterans Earned It Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF DENIAL OF A FEDERAL BENEFIT, TO WHICH AN 
              INDIVIDUAL IS ENTITLED BY REASON OF SERVICE AS A MEMBER 
              OF THE ARMED FORCES, SOLELY ON THE BASIS OF THE REFUSAL 
              OF SUCH INDIVIDUAL TO RECEIVE A VACCINATION AGAINST 
              COVID-19.

    No individual may be denied a Federal benefit, to which such 
individual is entitled by reason of service as a member of the Armed 
Forces, solely on the basis of the refusal of such individual to 
receive a vaccination against COVID-19.
                                 <all>