The House of Representatives has come to an agreement to put language in the annual defense funding bill that would end the Pentagon’s coronavirus vaccine mandate for service members against President Joe Biden and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s stances.

“As the bill is currently written, the [National Defense Authorization Act] directs the Secretary of Defense to end the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for active duty and reserve component servicemembers,” a source familiar with the NDAA told the Washington Examiner on Tuesday.
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