[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8553 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8553

   To amend title 37, United States Code, to exempt certain bonuses, 
   incentive pay, and other benefits from repayment in the case of a 
  member of the Armed Forces involuntarily separated for refusing to 
                receive a vaccination against COVID-19.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 28, 2022

 Mrs. Bice of Oklahoma (for herself, Mr. Johnson of Louisiana, and Mr. 
    Posey) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 37, United States Code, to exempt certain bonuses, 
   incentive pay, and other benefits from repayment in the case of a 
  member of the Armed Forces involuntarily separated for refusing 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 ``Safeguarding Military Bonuses Act''.

SEC. 2. SPECIAL RULE FOR DISCHARGES RELATED TO COVID-19.

    Section 373(b) of title 37, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(4) Special rule for discharges related to covid-19.--The 
        Secretary concerned shall grant to an individual involuntarily 
        separated from an Armed Force solely on the basis of the 
        refusal of such individual to receive a vaccination against 
        COVID-19 an exception to the requirement to repay a bonus, 
        incentive pay, or similar benefit under subsection (a) if such 
        bonus, incentive pay, or similar benefit was made before August 
        24, 2021.''.
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