Bill Text: IA SR7 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A resolution condemning the federal vaccination mandate for members of the military and urging state and federal authorities to take remedial actions for negatively impacted service members.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 10-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-22 - Introduced, referred to Rules and Administration. S.J. 678. [SR7 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-SR7-Introduced.html
Senate
Resolution
7
-
Introduced
SENATE
RESOLUTION
NO.
7
BY
SALMON
,
ZAUN
,
WESTRICH
,
McCLINTOCK
,
LOFGREN
,
GUTH
,
J.
TAYLOR
,
KRAAYENBRINK
,
GREEN
,
and
ALONS
A
Resolution
condemning
the
federal
vaccination
mandate
1
for
members
of
the
military
and
urging
state
and
2
federal
authorities
to
take
remedial
actions
for
3
negatively
impacted
service
members.
4
WHEREAS,
the
Iowa
Army
and
Air
National
Guard
5
provide
vital
services
and
keep
the
citizens
of
Iowa
6
and
the
United
States
secure
in
times
of
emergency;
and
7
WHEREAS,
the
Biden
Administration
and
U.S.
Secretary
8
of
Defense
Lloyd
Austin
previously
issued
an
arbitrary
9
order
that
Iowa
Army
and
Air
National
Guard
service
10
members
must
be
vaccinated
against
the
COVID-19
virus
11
as
a
condition
of
their
service
to
the
state
and
12
nation;
and
13
WHEREAS,
said
vaccination
mandates
made
recruiting
14
efforts
difficult,
compromising
the
readiness
of
the
15
Iowa
Army
and
Air
National
Guard,
and
violating
the
16
personal
freedoms
of
our
guardsmen
to
make
their
own
17
medical
decisions;
and
18
WHEREAS,
while
the
U.S.
Department
of
Defense
has
19
been
authorized
approximately
2.1
million
uniformed
20
personnel,
according
to
December
20,
2022,
Department
21
of
Defense
data,
the
department
has
fallen
short
by
22
99,805
fully
vaccinated
members;
of
that
number,
26,145
23
personnel
are
partially
vaccinated
and
73,660
positions
24
have
no
possible
vaccinated
person
to
take
the
position
25
at
all;
and
26
WHEREAS,
the
congressionally
required
total
armed
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forces
to
protect
national
security
interests
could
28
not
be
met
while
the
vaccination
mandate
was
in
place
1
without
adding
ranks
of
those
who
are
being
denied
2
religious
exemptions
or
compromising
the
principles
of
3
an
all-volunteer
force
at
its
core;
and
4
WHEREAS,
thousands
of
service
members
in
all
5
branches
of
the
United
States
military
who
chose
not
6
to
receive
the
COVID-19
vaccinations
were
being
denied
7
medical
and
religious
exemptions
on
the
grounds
of
8
readiness,
however,
unvaccinated
members
who
are
9
otherwise
healthy
were
often
forced
to
separate
10
from
service,
which
was
a
greater
threat
to
military
11
readiness;
and
12
WHEREAS,
beyond
their
years
of
experience,
the
13
military
stands
to
lose
members
with
costly
specialized
14
training;
in
the
case
of
Wilson
v.
Austin
alone,
15
250
pilots
at
an
average
cost
of
$5.4
million
in
16
training
may
be
purged,
causing
catastrophic
financial
17
losses;
and
18
WHEREAS,
according
to
federal
law,
and
subsequently
19
published
in
Department
of
Defense
policy,
it
is
20
an
unlawful
order
to
require
a
service
member
to
be
21
vaccinated
with
emergency
use
authorization-labeled
22
vaccines;
and
23
WHEREAS,
all
COVID-19
vaccines
are
labeled
Emergency
24
Use
Authorization
and
required
by
federal
law
to
25
be
made
optional,
and
not
required,
for
all
service
26
members;
and
27
WHEREAS,
various
other
treatment
options
for
28
COVID-19
exist
and
have
been
acknowledged
by
government
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agencies
such
as
the
Food
and
Drug
Administration
and
30
the
Centers
for
Disease
Control;
and
1
WHEREAS,
numerous
harmful
effects
of
the
vaccine
2
have
been
acknowledged
as
evident
in
adverse
event
3
tracking
databases,
and
known
as
side
effects
by
the
4
Food
and
Drug
Administration,
National
Institutes
of
5
Health,
and
Centers
for
Disease
Control
and
Prevention
6
who
subsequently
enlisted
assistance
from
various
7
social
media
outlets
to
subdue
the
truth
and
cover
it
8
up;
and
9
WHEREAS,
service
members
waiting
for
or
being
denied
10
exemptions
have
faced
discrimination,
court
martial,
11
and
forced
separation,
while
others
have
determined
12
they
can
no
longer
renew
their
contract
to
serve,
13
further
exacerbating
the
already
declining
military
14
numbers;
and
15
WHEREAS,
military
medical
whistle-blowers
attempting
16
to
give
truthful
facts
regarding
COVID-19
and
the
17
vaccine
have
suffered
adverse
discriminatory
acts
18
and
been
subjected
to
various
career-threatening
19
punishments
including
private
medical
data
being
20
made
public,
withholding
promotions
or
assignments,
21
involuntary
separation,
court
martials,
career-ruining
22
assignments,
administrative
reprimands,
and
23
non-judicial
punishment;
and
24
WHEREAS,
those
with
medical
exemptions
or
seeking
25
religious
exemptions
were
temporarily
exempt,
but
26
barred
from
deployment
as
the
COVID-19
vaccine
was
27
a
“nonwaiverable”
requirement
for
each
geographic
28
combatant
command,
and
their
freedoms
and
careers
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continue
to
be
impacted;
and
30
WHEREAS,
the
majority
of
Federal
District
Court
1
and
U.S.
Court
of
Appeals
rulings
have
upheld
the
2
complaints
of
service
members
against
the
Department
of
3
Defense,
alleging
a
violation
of
the
Constitution
and
4
federal
statutes
in
processing
and
denying
religious
5
accommodation
requests;
and
6
WHEREAS,
all
service
members
took
an
oath
to
support
7
and
defend
the
Constitution
and
are
not
required
8
to
obey
unlawful
orders,
but
have
had
their
own
9
constitutional
rights
and
freedoms
violated
by
their
10
superiors;
NOW
THEREFORE,
11
BE
IT
RESOLVED
BY
THE
SENATE,
That
the
Senate
12
urges
the
governor
to
act
as
follows
to
mitigate
13
the
arbitrary
and
unjustified
action
of
the
Biden
14
Administration
in
requiring
COVID-19
vaccinations
of
15
Iowa
Guardsmen
as
a
condition
of
service
to
our
great
16
state
and
to
our
nation:
17
a.
Reinstate
the
Iowa
Army
and
Air
National
Guard
18
members
with
back
pay
and
full
benefits
who
have
19
refused
the
COVID-19
vaccine.
20
b.
Publicly
condemn
any
firings
and
nonpay
status
21
of
Iowa
Army
and
Air
National
Guard
members.
22
c.
Issue
salary
payments
to
the
Iowa
Army
and
Air
23
National
Guard
members
who
are
on
a
no-pay
status
24
relative
to
state
active
duty
orders
for
refusing
the
25
COVID-19
vaccination.
26
d.
Request
the
Iowa
Adjutant
General,
Major
General
27
Benjamin
Corell,
to
halt
any
further
firings
of
Iowa
28
Army
and
Air
National
Guard
members
who
have
refused
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the
COVID-19
vaccine,
including
those
with
medical
or
30
religious
exemptions;
and
1
BE
IT
FURTHER
RESOLVED,
That
the
Senate
commends
the
2
various
advocacy
groups
such
as
the
Liberty
Counsel,
3
First
Liberty,
Alliance
for
Free
Citizens,
Thomas
More
4
Society,
and
others
who
selflessly
provided
legal
5
representation
in
federal
district
and
appellate
6
court
to
those
seeking
exemptions
from
the
COVID-19
7
mandate;
and
8
BE
IT
FURTHER
RESOLVED,
That
the
Senate
commends
the
9
Governor
for
requesting
that
the
federal
government
10
withdraw
vaccine
mandates
for
National
Guard
11
members;
and
12
BE
IT
FURTHER
RESOLVED,
That
the
Senate
commends
13
members
of
the
U.S.
Congress
for
rescinding
the
mandate
14
in
the
Fiscal
Year
2023
National
Defense
Authorization
15
Act,
and
urges
them
to
take
further
action
to
make
16
whole
those
military
members
who
were
negatively
17
affected
by
the
COVID-19
vaccine
mandate
through
18
compensatory
measures
such
as
noncompetitive
promotion,
19
back
pay,
full
benefits,
and
a
change
allowing
the
20
COVID-19
vaccine
to
be
a
waiverable
requirement
for
21
deployment.
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