Title: No Mandates Act
Policy area: Health

Summary:
No Mandates Act
This bill prohibits federal agencies and certain entities that receive federal funding from requiring COVID-19 vaccinations.
Specifically, federal agencies may not issue rules, regulations, or guidance that require an individual to receive a COVID-19 vaccination. The bill also prohibits requiring a COVID-19 vaccination to access federal property and services or congressional grounds and services.
Additionally, an entity that received federal COVID-19 relief funds or receives other federal funds after this bill's enactment may not require a COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of providing any service to an individual.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6395 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6395

   To prohibit COVID-19 vaccination mandates, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 13, 2022

    Mr. Biggs (for himself, Mr. Good of Virginia, Mr. Cawthorn, Mr. 
Tiffany, Mr. Gaetz, Mr. Duncan, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. Bishop of 
 North Carolina, Mrs. McClain, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Massie, Mr. Posey, Mr. 
 Hice of Georgia, Mr. Cloud, Mr. Perry, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Schweikert, Mr. 
  Gooden of Texas, Mrs. Boebert, Mr. Norman, Mr. Roy, Mrs. Lesko, Mr. 
    Rosendale, Mrs. Greene of Georgia, and Mr. Mast) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
Reform, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and 
Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
   To prohibit COVID-19 vaccination mandates, 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 ``No Mandates Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON AGENCIES ISSUING VACCINE MANDATES.

    (a) In General.--No agency may issue any rule, regulations, or 
guidance requiring any individual to receive a vaccination for COVID-
19.
    (b) Agency Defined.--In this section, the term ``agency'' has the 
meaning given that term in section 551 of title 5, United States Code.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON REQUIRING PROOF OF COVID-19 VACCINATION FOR 
              FEDERAL ACCESS.

    A vaccination for COVID-19 shall not be required for access to 
Federal property or Federal services, or for access to congressional 
grounds or services.

SEC. 4. FEDERAL FUNDING RESTRICTIONS.

    (a) Funding Restriction.--No entity that received Federal funds 
under a COVID-19 relief package or that receives any other Federal 
funds after the date of the enactment of this Act may require any 
individual to have received a vaccination for COVID-19 as a condition 
of such entity providing any service to such individual.
    (b) Return of Funds.--Any entity that does not comply with 
subsection (a) shall be required to pay to the Government an amount 
equal to the sum of all funds such entity received.
    (c) COVID-19 Relief Package Defined.--In this section, the term 
``COVID-19 relief package'' means any of the following:
            (1) CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9001 et seq.; Public Law 116-136; 
        134 Stat. 281).
            (2) Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental 
        Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116-123; 134 Stat. 146).
            (3) Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Public Law 
        116-127; 134 Stat. 178).
            (4) Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement 
        Act (Public Law 116-139; 134 Stat. 620).
            (5) Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-
        260; 134 Stat. 1182).
            (6) American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2; 135 
        Stat. 41).
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