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(Slip Opinion) 

Cite as:  595 U. S. ____ (2022) 

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Per Curiam 

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SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 

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Nos. 21A244 and 21A247 
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NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT 
BUSINESS, ET AL., APPLICANTS 
21A244 
v. 
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY 
AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, ET AL. 

OHIO, ET AL., APPLICANTS 
21A247 
v. 
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY 
AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, ET AL. 

ON APPLICATIONS FOR STAYS 

[January 13, 2022]

 PER CURIAM. 
The Secretary of Labor, acting through the Occupational 
Safety and Health Administration, recently enacted a vac-
cine  mandate  for  much  of  the  Nation’s  work  force.  The 
mandate, which employers must enforce, applies to roughly
84 million workers, covering virtually all employers with at 
least 100 employees.  It requires that covered workers re-
ceive a COVID–19 vaccine, and it pre-empts contrary state 
laws.  The only exception is for workers who obtain a medi-
cal test each week at their own expense and on their own 
time, and also wear a mask each workday.  OSHA has never 
before imposed such a mandate.  Nor has Congress.  Indeed, 
although  Congress  has  enacted  significant  legislation  ad-
dressing the COVID–19 pandemic, it has declined to enact