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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 with-
in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To prohibit certain COVID–19 vaccination mandates for mi-
nors, and to require parental consent for COVID–19 
vaccination of minors. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Parental Rights Pro-
tection Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITIONS AGAINST COVID–19 VACCINATION 
MANDATES FOR MINORS. 
(a) PROHIBITION AGAINST MANDATES.—Neither the 
Federal Government, nor any agency, grantee, payee, or 
recipient, including any State, local, Tribal, or territorial 
governmental entity (including any local educational agen-
cy, as defined in section 8101 of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801)), that 
receives any Federal funds from the Department of Edu-
cation or the Department of Health and Human Services 
may require or otherwise mandate that any individual age 
18 or younger receive a COVID–19 vaccine. 
(b) PROHIBITION AGAINST SCHOOL MANDATES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A local educational agency 
(as defined in section 8101 of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801)) 
that imposes a mandate requiring any students age 
18 or younger to receive a COVID–19 vaccine shall 
be subject to the penalty described in paragraph (2). 
(2) PENALTY.—A local educational agency that 
imposes a mandate described in paragraph (1) shall 
not be eligible to receive funding under part A of 
title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) or under part 
A of title II of such Act (20 U.S.C. 6611 et seq.) 
beginning on the later of— 
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(A) the date of enactment of this Act; or 
(B) the date on which such mandate be-
comes effective. 
(3) RESUMED
ELIGIBILITY.—If a local edu-
cational agency ends the mandate described in para-
graph (1) that local educational agency shall become 
eligible to receive the funding described in paragraph 
(2) as of the date on which that mandate is no 
longer effective. 
SEC. 3. PARENTAL CONSENT FOR VACCINATION OF MI-
NORS. 
No COVID–19 vaccine may be administered to any 
individual age 18 or younger unless a parent, guardian, 
conservator, or attorney-in-fact of the minor provides 
prior, written, informed consent for the minor to receive 
such vaccine. 
SEC. 4. APPLICABLE VACCINES. 
For purposes of sections 2 and 3, the term ‘‘COVID– 
19 vaccine’’ means any vaccine against COVID–19 that 
only received authorization by the Food and Drug Admin-
istration through an emergency use authorization pursu-
ant to section 564 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos-
metic Act (21 U.S.C. 360bbb–3), or that has received such 
authorization prior to receiving full approval or licensure 
under section 505 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos-
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