Republicans in the House of Representatives recently unveiled legislation aimed at ensuring that soldiers will be able to continue to serve our country despite refusing to get COVID-19 vaccines.

The new act is sponsored by Republican U.S. Representative Chip Roy of Texas and is known as the Service Restoration Act. It says that federal funds cannot be used to require armed forces members to get the vaccines, nor can adverse action be taken against members of the armed forces simply because they were unwilling to get vaccinated.

The bill goes on to call for soldiers who have already been discharged for refusing to get the vaccine to be reinstated to the same rank they held before their involuntary separation. It also stipulates that their last pay must be restored, their time separated from the military must count toward their retirement benefits, and any references to the incident must be expunged from their service records.