Senator Ted Cruz sponsored the AMERICANS Act which will require the secretary of defense to make an effort to retain unvaccinated service members.
of Texas is calling for all service members who refuse to get the COVID-19 vaccine to be granted an honorable discharge under new legislation introduced.
Cruz said the proposed bill is a counter to the Biden administration's efforts to"coerce and punish service members who decline the COVID-19 vaccine." Senator Ted Cruz and 13 of his GOP colleagues have put forward legislation that will attempt to give U.S. military members and honorable discharge for refusing the COVID vaccine. Above, a U.S. Army soldier prepares Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines to inoculate people at the Miami Dade College North Campus in North Miami, Florida, on March 9, 2021.The AMERICANS Act would also protect service academy students and Reserve Officers' Training Corps members as well.
The proposed bill will also hold the Department of Defense responsible to report the number and type of COVID vaccine religious exemptions that have been denied. While the mandate does include a religious liberty exemption, few have been granted.
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