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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6017 

To prohibit certain COVID–19 vaccination mandates for minors, and to 

require parental consent for COVID–19 vaccination of minors. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 18, 2021 

Mr. BANKS (for himself, Mr. GOOD of Virginia, Mrs. CAMMACK, Mrs. MILLER

of Illinois, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. FALLON, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. MURPHY of 

North Carolina, Mr. BISHOP of North Carolina, Mr. JACKSON, Mr. 

ALLEN, Mr. BABIN, Mr. PERRY, Mr. POSEY, Mr. CAWTHORN, Mr. JOYCE

of Pennsylvania, Mr. CLINE, Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, Mr. TIMMONS, 

Mr. MAST, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. PALAZZO, Mr. GUEST, and Mr. SMITH

of New Jersey) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee 

on Education and Labor, 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 

A BILL 

To prohibit certain COVID–19 vaccination mandates for minors, and to require parental consent for COVID–19 

vaccination of minors. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Parental Rights Pro5 tection Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PROHIBITIONS AGAINST COVID–19 VACCINATION 

2 MANDATES FOR MINORS. 

3 (a) PROHIBITION AGAINST MANDATES.—Neither the 

4 Federal Government, nor any agency, grantee, payee, or 

5 recipient, including any State, local, Tribal, or territorial 

6 governmental entity (including any local educational agen7 cy, as defined in section 8101 of the Elementary and Sec8 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801)), that 

9 receives any Federal funds from the Department of Edu10 cation or the Department of Health and Human Services 

11 may require or otherwise mandate that any individual age 

12 18 or younger receive a COVID–19 vaccine. 

13 (b) PROHIBITION AGAINST SCHOOL MANDATES.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—A local educational agency 

15 (as defined in section 8101 of the Elementary and 

16 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801)) 

17 that imposes a mandate requiring any students age 

18 18 or younger to receive a COVID–19 vaccine shall 

19 be subject to the penalty described in paragraph (2). 

20 (2) PENALTY.—A local educational agency that 

21 imposes a mandate described in paragraph (1) shall 

22 not be eligible to receive funding under part A of 

23 title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education 

24 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) or under part 

25 A of title II of such Act (20 U.S.C. 6611 et seq.) 

26 beginning on the later of— 


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1 (A) the date of enactment of this Act; or 

2 (B) the date on which such mandate be3 comes effective. 

4 (3) RESUMED ELIGIBILITY.—If a local edu5 cational agency ends the mandate described in para6 graph (1) that local educational agency shall become 

7 eligible to receive the funding described in paragraph 

8 (2) as of the date on which that mandate is no 

9 longer effective. 

10 SEC. 3. PARENTAL CONSENT FOR VACCINATION OF MI11 NORS. 

12 No COVID–19 vaccine may be administered to any 

13 individual age 18 or younger unless a parent, guardian, 

14 conservator, or attorney-in-fact of the minor provides 

15 prior, written, informed consent for the minor to receive 

16 such vaccine. 

17 SEC. 4. APPLICABLE VACCINES. 

18 For purposes of sections 2 and 3, the term ‘‘COVID– 

19 19 vaccine’’ means any vaccine against COVID–19 that 

20 only received authorization by the Food and Drug Admin21 istration through an emergency use authorization pursu22 ant to section 564 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos23 metic Act (21 U.S.C. 360bbb–3), or that has received such 

24 authorization prior to receiving full approval or licensure 

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1 metic Act (21 U.S.C. 355) or section 351 of the Public 

2 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262). 

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