I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2317 
To provide that United States citizens may not be discriminated against 
based on their COVID–19 vaccination status, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 1, 2021 
Mrs. GREENE of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on 
Energy and Commerce, Education and Labor, Transportation and Infra-
structure, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide that United States citizens may not be discrimi-
nated against based on their COVID–19 vaccination sta-
tus, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘We Will Not Comply 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. INTERSTATE COMMERCE. 
No entity that is subject to title II of the Civil Rights 
Act of 1964 may discriminate against any person because 
such person has or has not received a COVID–19 vaccine. 
SEC. 3. FUNDING RIDERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—No Federal funds may be used 
to require any individual to receive a COVID–19 vaccine, 
or to enforce any such requirement. 
(b) NO CONDITIONS FOR EDUCATIONAL INSTITU-
TIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—No Federal funds may be 
made available to any elementary school, secondary 
school, or institution of higher education if such 
school or institution requires an individual to receive 
a COVID–19 vaccine as a condition for attendance 
or participation in any academic or extra-curricular 
activity, including sports teams, athletic clubs, or 
any other voluntary organization. 
(2) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
(A) The terms ‘‘elementary school’’ and 
‘‘secondary school’’ have the meanings given 
those terms in section 8101 of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 7801). 
(B) The term ‘‘institution of higher edu-
cation’’ has the meaning given that term in sec-
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tion 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1002). 
(c) CLARIFICATION.—No Federal funds may be used 
to compel an individual who has a religious objection to 
a vaccine or to vaccination to receive such vaccine or vac-
cination. 
SEC. 4. PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION. 
An individual who has been discriminated against on 
the basis of the individual’s COVID–19 vaccine status, or 
the individual’s failure to comply with a requirement to 
wear a face covering, may bring an action in the appro-
priate United States district court seeking damages. 
SEC. 5. PROHIBITION ON VACCINE REQUIREMENTS TO OB-
TAIN GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an indi-
vidual may not be required to have received a COVID– 
19 vaccine as a condition for obtaining a United States 
passport. 
SEC. 6. INTERSTATE TRAVEL UNDER THE PRIVILEGES AND 
IMMUNITIES CLAUSE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation, 
acting through the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration, shall prohibit air carriers and foreign air 
carriers (as such terms are defined in section 40102(a) 
of title 49, United States Code) from denying an indi-
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vidual air transportation solely because such individual 
has not been vaccinated against COVID–19. 
(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—This section does not 
prohibit the United States Government from requiring 
that aliens receive a COVID–19 vaccine before entering 
the United States. 
SEC. 7. CIVIL RIGHTS AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—No public school or public college 
(as such terms are defined in section 401 of the Civil 
Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000c) may deny an indi-
vidual access to the school or college based on whether 
the individual has received a vaccine, including a vaccine 
for COVID–19. 
(b) ENFORCEMENT BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.— 
The Attorney General may enforce this section in the same 
manner as title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 
U.S.C. 2000c et seq.). 
SEC. 8. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that Jacobson v. Massa-
chusetts (197 U.S. 11; 1905) should be overturned. 
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