[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 79 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 H. R. 79

To nullify certain Executive orders regarding COVID-19 vaccine mandates 
 and to prohibit the Secretary of Labor from issuing a rule mandating 
         vaccination against COVID-19, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 3, 2025

    Mr. Biggs of Arizona (for himself and Mr. Cloud) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
 Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Education and 
Workforce, Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To nullify certain Executive orders regarding COVID-19 vaccine mandates 
 and to prohibit the Secretary of Labor from issuing a rule mandating 
         vaccination against COVID-19, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Freedom from Mandates Act''.

SEC. 2. NULLIFICATION OF CERTAIN EXECUTIVE ORDERS.

    (a) Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors.--Executive Order 
14042 (86 Fed. Reg. 50985, relating to ensuring adequate COVID-19 
safety protocols for Federal contractors) shall have no force or 
effect.
    (b) COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement.--Executive Order 14043 (86 Fed. 
Reg. 50989, relating to requiring COVID-19 vaccination for Federal 
employees) shall have no force or effect.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION OF RULES MANDATING VACCINATION.

    The Secretary of Labor may not issue any rule requiring employers 
to mandate vaccination of employees against COVID-19 or requiring 
testing of employees who are unvaccinated against COVID-19.

SEC. 4. PROHIBITION ON MEDICARE AND MEDICAID COVID-19 VACCINATION 
              MANDATES.

    Notwithstanding any provision of title XI, XVIII, or XIX of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1301 et seq., 1395 et seq., 1396 et 
seq.), the Secretary of Health and Human Services may not require a 
health care provider, as a condition of participation in the Medicare 
or Medicaid program, to mandate vaccination of employees against COVID-
19 or require testing of employees who are unvaccinated against COVID-
19, and may not otherwise penalize such a provider for such provider's 
failure to so mandate such vaccination or so require such testing.
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