Title: Prevent Unconstitutional Vaccine Mandates for Interstate Commerce Act
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
Prevent Unconstitutional Vaccine Mandates for Interstate Commerce Act
This bill prohibits certain departments and agencies from promulgating any rule to require a a person to provide proof of a COVID-19 vaccination in order to engage in interstate commerce or travel. The prohibition applies to
The bill also limits the authority of the Department of Health and Human Services to mandate vaccination against COVID-19 as a prerequisite for engaging in interstate commerce or travel.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2895 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2895

 To prohibit the Department of Transportation and other agencies from 
  promulgating rules requiring a person to provide proof of COVID-19 
 vaccination in order to engage in interstate commerce or travel, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 29, 2021

 Mr. Scott of Florida (for himself, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Lee, 
 and Mr. Marshall) introduced the following bill; which was read twice 
 and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the Department of Transportation and other agencies from 
  promulgating rules requiring a person to provide proof of COVID-19 
 vaccination in order to engage in interstate commerce or travel, and 
                          for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Prevent Unconstitutional Vaccine 
Mandates for Interstate Commerce Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON PROOF OF COVID-19 VACCINATION REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an 
agency or department described in subsection (b) may not promulgate any 
rule to require a person to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination of 
any kind in order to engage in interstate commerce or travel.
    (b) Agencies and Departments Described.--An agency or department 
referred to in subsection (a) is any of the following:
            (1) The Department of Transportation.
            (2) The National Railroad Passenger Corporation (commonly 
        referred to as ``Amtrak'').
            (3) The Surface Transportation Board.
            (4) The Transportation Security Administration.
            (5) The National Transportation Safety Board.
            (6) The Federal Maritime Commission.
            (7) The Department of Commerce.
    (c) Limitation on the Use of HHS Suspension of Entries and Imports 
Authority.--Section 361(e) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
264(e)) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``Nothing in 
this section shall be construed to authorize the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services to mandate vaccination against COVID-19 as a 
prerequisite for engaging in interstate commerce or travel.''.
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