No OSHA Authority to Mandate Vaccines Act

Bill: 117-hr-7127
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4]
Introduced: 2022-03-17
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Latest action: action_date: 2022-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-03-17
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>No OSHA Authority to Mandate Vaccines Act</strong></p> <p>This bill specifies that the Department of Labor may not, under its authority to regulate workplace safety and health, require the administration of any drug, vaccine, or other biological product to an employee.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7127 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 17, 2022 Mrs. Hartzler (for herself, Mr. Carey , Mrs. Miller of Illinois , Mr. Gosar , Mr. Posey , Mr. Tiffany , Mr. Crenshaw , Mr. Bentz , Mr. Norman , Mr. Mast , Mr. Good of Virginia , Mr. McKinley , and Mr. Weber of Texas ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act to prohibit the Secretary from enforcing any drug or vaccine mandate, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No OSHA Authority to Mandate Vaccines Act . 2. Prohibition on drug and vaccine mandates Section 4(b) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act ( 29 U.S.C. 653(b) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (4) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to provide the Secretary with the authority to require any drug (as defined in section 201(g)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act) or vaccine or other biological product (as defined in section 351(i)(1) of the Public Health Service Act) to be administered to any employee. .