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.
Latest action · Jul 19, 2022 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 15 - 13.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 9, 2022
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
This bill ensures that members of the Armed Forces who were granted a general discharge under honorable conditions (on the sole basis that the members failed to obey a lawful order to receive a vaccine for COVID-19) are eligible for Department of Veterans Affairs educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill-Active Duty and Post-9/11 GI Bill programs.
Cosponsors 17
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 9, 2022 to Mar 16, 2022; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MI | Bill Huizenga | Original | Feb 9, 2022 |
| R-FL | Bill Posey | Original | Feb 9, 2022 |
| R-TX | Dan Crenshaw | Original | Feb 9, 2022 |
| R-CA | Doug LaMalfa | Original | Feb 9, 2022 |
| R-MI | Jack Bergman | Original | Feb 9, 2022 |
| R-IA | Mariannette Miller-Meeks | Original | Feb 9, 2022 |
| R-IL | Mike Bost | Original | Feb 9, 2022 |
| R-IL | Rodney Davis | Original | Feb 9, 2022 |
| R-WV | David B. McKinley | Feb 11, 2022 | |
| R-TX | Brian Babin | Feb 18, 2022 | |
| R-IN | James R. Baird | Feb 18, 2022 | |
| R-AL | Barry Moore | Mar 7, 2022 | |
| R-CA | Jay Obernolte | Mar 7, 2022 | |
| R-WI | Thomas P. Tiffany | Mar 7, 2022 | |
| R-TX | Chip Roy | Mar 11, 2022 | |
| R-OR | Cliff Bentz | Mar 11, 2022 | |
| R-WI | Bryan Steil | Mar 16, 2022 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Feb 9, 2022Markup Jul 19, 2022 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 19, 2022Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jul 19, 2022Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 15 - 13.
- Feb 9, 2022Introduced in House
- Feb 9, 2022Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Aug 31, 2022H.R. 6671, a bill 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-19As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on July 19, 2022
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 168, no. 26, February 9, 2022, page H1115.
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- 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.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 9, 2022Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
