The RESTORE Act directs the Department of Defense to establish a special review board to examine religious accommodation requests related to COVID-19 vaccines that service members filed since 2020. The board will investigate whether affected military personnel experienced negative impacts to their careers—such as denied promotions, adverse evaluations, or forced separation—and provide corrective actions including backdated promotions, restoration of lost pay and benefits, expungement of adverse records, and potential reinstatement for those who left the service. The review must be completed within one year of the law's enactment, with compensation provided within 60 days of individual case reviews. The bill requires the Secretary of Defense to submit an initial report within 90 days and quarterly reports thereafter to Congress, and mandates an independent audit by the Department of Defense Inspector General within 18 months to ensure consistent application of religious freedom protections across the military.
Take Action
Your position
Add a comment
to comment on this bill.
Annotate the text
Highlight any passage on the Summary or Full Text tab to attach a note. Annotations appear on the Annotations tab.