I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3660 
To prohibit Federal funds from being used to implement, administer, enforce, 
or carry out programs with respect to digital health passes, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 1, 2021 
Mr. GAETZ introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To prohibit Federal funds from being used to implement, 
administer, enforce, or carry out programs with respect 
to digital health passes, 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 ‘‘Digital Health Pass 
Prevention Act’’ or ‘‘DHPPA’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
(1) In the United States, States hold primary 
public health powers. 
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(2) On April 2, 2021, Florida Governor Ron 
DeSantis signed an Executive order prohibiting the 
use of COVID–19 digital health passes in the State 
of Florida, citing privacy concerns and freedom as 
the main reasons for the prohibition. 
(3) On April 5, 2021, Texas Governor Greg Ab-
bott signed an Executive order prohibiting the use of 
COVID–19 digital health passes, declaring that 
Texas agencies and political subdivisions, as well as 
public and private organizations that receive public 
funding from the State, cannot require people to 
prove they have received a vaccination for the virus 
that causes COVID–19. 
(4) On April 7, 2021, Idaho Governor Brad 
Little signed an Executive order prohibiting any 
State of Idaho governmental entity from requiring 
an individual to provide a digital health pass, or 
other proof of a vaccination for the virus that causes 
COVID–19, before such individual may receive pub-
lic services or access to public facilities. 
(5) On April 13, 2021, Montana Governor Greg 
Gianforte issued an Executive order prohibiting the 
use of digital health passes. 
(6) On April 19, 2021, Arizona Governor Doug 
Ducey issued an Executive order to prohibit all 
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State and local government entities from requiring 
individuals to prove whether they have received a 
vaccination for the virus that causes COVID–19 
prior to receiving services or entering into certain 
public areas. 
(7) On April 25, 2021, Georgia Governor Brian 
Kemp issued an Executive order that prohibits the 
State of Georgia from requiring COVID–19 digital 
health passes. 
(8) On May 11, 2021, South Carolina Governor 
Henry McMaster issued a COVID–19 mandate that 
prohibits the use of digital health passes across the 
State of South Carolina and prevents schools and 
public entities from implementing mask require-
ments. 
(9) On May 24, 2021, Alabama Governor Kay 
Ivey signed a bill that prevents State entities from 
issuing digital health passes and prohibits businesses 
from requiring a digital health pass in exchange for 
services. 
(10) The Tenth Amendment to the Constitution 
requires that, ‘‘The powers not delegated to the 
United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by 
it to the States, are reserved to the States respec-
tively, or to the people’’. 
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