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On the recordJuly 26, 2023
I call up my amendment No. 421, and ask that it be reported by number. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment. The bill clerk read as follows: The Senator from Texas [Mr. Cruz] proposes an amendment numbered 421 to amendment No. 935. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To provide remedies to members of the Armed Forces discharged or subject to adverse action under the COVID-19 vaccine mandate) At the appropriate place in title V, insert the following: SEC. __. REMEDIES FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES DISCHARGED OR SUBJECT TO ADVERSE ACTION UNDER THE COVID-19 VACCINE MANDATE. (a) Limitation on Imposition of New Mandate.--The Secretary of Defense may not issue any COVID-19 vaccine mandate as a replacement for the mandate rescinded under section 525 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 absent a further act of Congress expressly authorizing a replacement mandate. (b) Remedies.--Section 736 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81; 10 U.S.C.…
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