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Educational Aid for Service Members Discharged for COVID-19 Vaccine Refusal

This bill aims to ensure that service members discharged under honorable conditions solely for refusing a COVID-19 vaccine remain eligible for certain educational assistance programs. This means these individuals, despite their discharge, could access veteran educational benefits, potentially impacting their career and personal development opportunities after service.
Key points
Service members discharged for refusing a COVID-19 vaccine will be eligible for veteran educational assistance.
This change applies to both All-Volunteer Force and Post-9/11 educational assistance programs.
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Additional Information
To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that a member of the Armed Forces, granted a general discharge under honorable conditions on the sole basis that such member failed to obey a lawful order to receive a vaccine for COVID-19, is eligible for certain educational assistance administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
Print number: HR 6671
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzgerald, Scott [R-WI-5]
Process start date: 2022-02-09