The defense bill just passed by Congress includes a requirement that the U.S. military consider reinstating former members who were removed for refusing to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.
A secretary of a military branch must consider reinstating former members who ask to be reinstated within two years of their separation, according to the fiscal 2024 National Defense Authorization Act passed by both the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate.
President Joe Biden is expected to sign the bill.
Former members must have been involuntarily separated from the armed forces “solely on the basis of the refusal of such individual to receive a vaccination against COVID-19” and have submitted a request for an exemption, whether on religious, medical, or administrative grounds….
