I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6016 
To prohibit executive agencies from requiring employees to receive a vaccina-
tion against infection by the SARS–CoV–2 virus under Federal contracts, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 18, 2021 
Mr. COMER (for himself, Mr. CLOUD, Ms. HERRELL, Mr. KELLER, Mr. 
GOSAR, Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, Mr. CLYDE, Mr. GROTHMAN, Mr. 
FALLON, Mr. LATURNER, Mr. C. SCOTT FRANKLIN of Florida, Mr. HICE 
of Georgia, Mr. SMUCKER, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. SESSIONS, Ms. MACE, Mr. 
BOST, Mr. FEENSTRA, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. NOR-
MAN, Ms. FOXX, Mr. BIGGS, Mrs. MILLER of Illinois, Mrs. MILLER- 
MEEKS, Mr. WALBERG, Mr. JORDAN, Mr. DONALDS, Mr. WEBSTER of 
Florida, Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. AMODEI, Mr. SMITH of Missouri, Mr. DUN-
CAN, Mr. ROSENDALE, Mr. WESTERMAN, Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, Mr. 
RUTHERFORD, Mrs. WALORSKI, Mr. PENCE, Mr. BURCHETT, Mrs. 
CAMMACK, Mr. CARTER of Georgia, Mr. STEUBE, Mrs. SPARTZ, Mr. 
BUDD, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. RESCHENTHALER, Mr. GUTHRIE, Mr. LUETKE-
MEYER, Mr. CLINE, Mr. WITTMAN, Ms. MALLIOTAKIS, Mr. GUEST, Mr. 
MCCLINTOCK, Mr. LAMALFA, and Mr. MAST) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform 
A BILL 
To prohibit executive agencies from requiring employees to 
receive a vaccination against infection by the SARS– 
CoV–2 virus under Federal contracts, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fairness for Federal 
Contractors Act of 2021’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON VACCINATION REQUIREMENT 
FOR FEDERAL CONTRACTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The head of an executive agency 
may not by contract, regulation regarding Federal con-
tracting, or any other action directed specifically at Fed-
eral contractors or any Federal contract (including the 
termination or threatened termination of any contract) re-
quire any employee or individual under a contract or sub-
contract (at any tier) with the Federal Government to re-
ceive a vaccination against infection by the SARS–CoV– 
2 virus. 
(b) GAO STUDY.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this section, the Comptroller 
General shall submit to Congress a study on the degree 
to which Executive Order 14042 (related to ensuring ade-
quate COVID safety protocols for Federal contractors) 
and related guidance for Federal contractors issued by the 
Safer Federal Workforce Task Force did the following: 
(1) Disrupted or impaired performance under 
Federal contracts or subcontracts. 
(2) Disrupted or impaired the performance of 
any Federal agency mission that relies on support 
from Federal contractors or subcontractors, includ-
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ing any mission carried out by the Department of 
Defense, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement 
Agency, the Customs and Border Protection Agency, 
any other component of the Department of Home-
land Security, the Bureau of Prisons, any other 
component of the Department of Justice, the De-
partment of State, the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
and the Department of Health and Human Services. 
(3) Caused losses of jobs at Federal contractors 
or subcontractors. 
(4) Disrupted United States supply chains. 
(5) Reduced hiring by Federal contractors or 
subcontractors. 
(6) Increased the cost of performance under 
Federal contracts or subcontracts. 
(7) Disrupted or impaired the performance of 
Federal information technology systems supported 
by Federal contractors or subcontractors. 
(8) Disrupted or impaired transportation sys-
tems or provision of transportation services by indi-
vidual providers. 
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(c) EXECUTIVE AGENCY DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘executive agency’’ has the meaning given that 
term in section 133 of title 41, United States Code. 
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