S2097-119

In Committee

COVID–19 Military Backpay Act of 2025

119th Congress Introduced Jun 17, 2025

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, COVID–19 Military Backpay Act of 2025, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors. The main policy domain is Defense, Government Operations, Education.

Who Benefits and How

defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the COVID–19 Military Backpay Act of 2025.
  • Section id629b2b0c0ade4a04af0693bfad4bb66d: 2. Remedies for members of uniformed services discharged for not complying with COVID–19 vaccination mandate In this section: The term benefit means any...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, COVID–19 Military Backpay Act of 2025, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors.

Key Policy Areas

Defense, Government Operations, Education

Primary Purpose

This bill, COVID–19 Military Backpay Act of 2025, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors.

Policy Domains

Defense Government Operations Education

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors
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defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors
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federal implementing agencies:
defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Jun 17, 2025

Mr. Sheehy introduced the following bill; which was read twice …

Jun 17, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Jun 17, 2025

Introduced in Senate

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Defense Government Operations Education
Actor Mappings
"secretary_of_defense"
→ Secretary of Defense

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"covered member" §id629b2b0c0ade4a04af0693bfad4bb66d

any individual who— is or was a member of an active or reserve component of a uniformed service or the National Guard

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