House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
To direct the Secretary concerned to reinstate a member involuntarily separated from the Armed Forces solely on the basis of the refusal of such member to receive a vaccination against COVID-19.
Sponsor: Rep. Brian Mast R-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 11, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 11, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 297.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MAST, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 9, January 11, 2023, Page H205):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 11, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 65 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 297, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/297
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 6, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of June 6, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
37 cosponsors — 37 Republicans
0 of 37 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Rick Allen (R-GA), Brian Babin (R-TX), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Dan Bishop (R-NC), Mike Bost (R-IL), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Ben Cline (R-VA), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Pat Fallon (R-TX), Brad Finstad (R-MN), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Garret Graves (R-LA), Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Wesley Hunt (R-TX), Bill Johnson (R-OH), David Joyce (R-OH), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Debbie Lesko (R-AZ), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Thomas Massie (R-KY), Lisa McClain (R-MI), Mary Miller (R-IL), John Moolenaar (R-MI), Gregory Murphy (R-NC), Scott Perry (R-PA) and 7 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Brian Mast.
- H.R. 7333 (118th) To name the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in West Palm Beach, Florida, as the "Thomas H. Corey VA Medical Center".
- H.R. 340 (118th) Hamas and Other Palestinian Terrorist Groups International Financing Prevention Act
- H.R. 1189 (118th) Undersea Cable Control Act
- H.R. 8234 (118th) To authorize the Secretary of State to designate additional persons eligible to serve as passport acceptance agents, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 562 (118th) Improving Veterans Access to Congressional Services Act of 2023
- H.R. 8232 (118th) To authorize the Secretary of State to withdraw from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East…
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.