1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Service Restoration Act . 2. Certain protections for a member of the Armed Forces, or a cadet or midshipman at a military service academy, who refuses to receive a vaccination against COVID–19 (a) Prohibitions (1) Vaccine mandate No Federal funds may be used to require a member of the Armed Forces, or a cadet or midshipman at a military service academy, to receive a vaccination against COVID–19. (2) Adverse action No member of the Armed Forces, or cadet or midshipman at a military 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 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; (2) expunge from the military 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; and (3) include, in the computation of the retired or retainer pay of such covered individual, the period between the involuntary separation and the reinstatement, under paragraph (1), of the covered individual. (c) Mandatory characterization of discharge (1) Prospective characterizations Subsection (a) of section 736 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 ( Public Law 117–81