1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Safeguarding the U.S. Armed Forces and Service Academies Act . 2. Certain protections for a member of the Armed Forces, or a cadet or midshipman at a Federal service academy, who refuses to receive a vaccination against COVID–19 (a) Prohibitions (1) Vaccine mandates No Federal funds may be used— (A) to enforce a mandate, in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, that a member of the Armed Forces, or a cadet or midshipman at a Federal service academy, receive a vaccination against COVID–19; or (B) to establish or enforce, on or after the effective date of this Act, a mandate that a member of the Armed Forces, or a cadet or midshipman at a Federal service academy, receive a vaccination against COVID–19. (2) Adverse action No member of the Armed Forces, or cadet or midshipman at a Federal service academy, may be subject to adverse action solely on the basis of the refusal of such member, cadet, or midshipman to receive a vaccination against COVID–19. (b) Reinstatement At the request of a covered individual, the Secretary concerned shall— (1) reinstate the covered individual— (A) as a member of the Armed Force concerned, in the same rank and grade the covered individual held at the time of separation from the Armed Force concerned; or (B) as a cadet or midshipman at the Federal service academy concerned, with the credits the covered individual had completed at the time of separation from such Federal service academy; (2) expunge from the service record of the covered individual any reference to adverse action against the covered individual solely on the basis of the refusal of the covered individual to receive a vaccination against COVID–19