Sen. Tim Sheehy to introduce bill granting BACK PAY to troops impacted by COVID-19 vaccine mandate – NaturalNews.com

• Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-MT) is introducing the Restoring Military Pay and Honor Act to compensate U.S. service members discharged or penalized under former President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
• The bill aims to provide back pay, benefits and retirement credit to approximately 100,000 affected troops, including 8,500 active-duty personnel and over 60,000 from the Army Reserve and National Guard.
• Although the vaccine mandate was repealed in 2023 and ruled unconstitutional, many former service members have yet to be reinstated or compensated.
• The legislation would establish an opt-in claims process under the Military Pay Act, though it is expected to face partisan debate in Congress.
• Sheehy’s bill builds on President Donald Trump’s executive order, which calls for reinstatement and full compensation, but lacks implementation details and depends on congressional funding.

Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-MT) is set to introduce legislation that will compensate U.S. service members who were discharged or penalized under the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine mandate of former President Joe Biden.

The bill, titled the Restoring Military Pay and Honor Act, seeks to provide back pay and restore benefits to an estimated 100,000 service members who lost pay, retirement credit or were discharged for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine while the mandate was in effect.

According to Sheehy’s office, approximately 8,500 active-duty service members were separated for noncompliance with the vaccine policy. The Army Reserve and National Guard reportedly lost over 60,000 personnel, and thousands more were affected in various ways including denial of pay, benefits and advancement opportunities. (Related: Highly decorated US military officer resigns in protest of COVID vaccine mandate.)

While the mandate was repealed in the fiscal year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and later deemed unconstitutional by federal courts, many discharged troops have yet to receive reinstatement or financial redress. The proposed legislation would establish an opt-in claims process under the Military Pay Act, allowing eligible former service members to apply for back pay and benefits. Eligibility criteria would be defined in the bill, which is expected to face partisan scrutiny as it moves through Congress.

“Under the Biden administration, thousands of American warfighters were unceremoniously – and without due process – discharged from the military for refusing to comply with Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate. This unacceptable action by the last administration robbed servicemembers of the pay and benefits they rightfully earned in service to our country,” the senator said.

“My legislation will right this wrong by building on President Donald Trump’s Executive Order to reinstate those service members, ensuring we fulfill our government’s sacred obligations to the men and women who put their lives on the line in defense of our freedoms.”

Sheehy’s bill codifies Trump EO to reinstate discharged troops

In January, shortly after Trump took office, he signed an executive order (EO) that would reinstate U.S. military personnel who were discharged for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine during the former administration.

At the time, Trump billed the EO as a rectification of the “injustice” carried out under Biden. It directs the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to reinstate vaccine-refusing troops and provide them with full back pay.

Trump called for “full back pay, benefits, bonus payments or compensation” for affected individuals in the EO. But the order offers no details on how that would be administered, who qualifies, whether obligations will be attached or how it would be funded.

It also notes that any payouts would be “subject to the availability of appropriations.” This effectively places the burden on Congress to allocate money that the executive branch does not have the authority to distribute on its own.

The order also allows former troops to submit a sworn statement claiming they voluntarily left due to the vaccine requirement and be reinstated with full rank and pay. Now, Sheehy’s legislation would give concrete form to Trump’s executive order by creating a defined path for reinstatement and compensation.

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Watch Army Lt. Col. Theresa Long exposing the Nuremberg Code violations in the military’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate in this clip.

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Sources include:

TheNationalPulse.com

Sheehy.Senate.gov

Breitbart.com

Military.com

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