# 117-hr-6671: 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.

117-hr-6671, 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., is a 117th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Fitzgerald, Scott [R-WI-5] (R-WI); status Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 15 - 13. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 117-hr-6671
- Congress: 117
- Title: 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.
- Status: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 15 - 13.
- Introduced: 2022-02-09
- Sponsor: Rep. Fitzgerald, Scott [R-WI-5] (R-WI)
- Cosponsors: 17
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## 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)

- Rep. Bost, Mike [R-IL-12] (R-IL), 2022-02-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13] (R-IL), 2022-02-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Miller-Meeks, Mariannette [R-IA-1] (R-IA), 2022-02-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bergman, Jack [R-MI-1] (R-MI), 2022-02-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1] (R-CA), 2022-02-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8] (R-FL), 2022-02-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Huizenga, Bill [R-MI-4] (R-MI), 2022-02-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Crenshaw, Dan [R-TX-2] (R-TX), 2022-02-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1] (R-WV), 2022-02-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Baird, James R. [R-IN-4] (R-IN), 2022-02-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Babin, Brian [R-TX-36] (R-TX), 2022-02-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tiffany, Thomas P. [R-WI-7] (R-WI), 2022-03-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moore, Barry [R-AL-1] (R-AL), 2022-03-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Obernolte, Jay [R-CA-23] (R-CA), 2022-03-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21] (R-TX), 2022-03-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bentz, Cliff [R-OR-2] (R-OR), 2022-03-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Steil, Bryan [R-WI-1] (R-WI), 2022-03-16T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [117-hr-6671 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6671)

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