Eliminating the Head Start Vaccine Mandate Act

Bill: 118-hr-1019
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. McClain, Lisa C. [R-MI-9]
Introduced: 2023-02-14
Policy area: Health
Latest action: action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-02-14
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Eliminating the Head Start Vaccine Mandate Act</strong></p> <p>This bill prohibits federal funds from being used to implement or enforce the Department of Health and Human Services' rule titled <em>Vaccine and Mask Requirements To Mitigate the Spread of COVID-19 in Head Start Programs</em>, published on November 30, 2021, or any substantially similar rule, regulation, or agency statement.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1019 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 14, 2023 Mrs. McClain introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To prohibit the use of Federal funds to enforce the rule submitted by the Department of Health and Human Services relating to COVID–19 vaccine and mask requirements for Head Start programs.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Eliminating the Head Start Vaccine Mandate Act . 2. Prohibition on funding the HHS rule on Head Start COVID vaccine and mask requirements Notwithstanding any other law, no funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of Health and Human Services shall be obligated or expended to— (1) implement or enforce the rule submitted by the Department of Health and Human Services relating to Vaccine and Mask Requirements To Mitigate the Spread of COVID–19 in Head Start Programs (86 Fed. Reg. 68052 (November 30, 2021)); or (2) promulgate, implement, or enforce any rule, regulation, or other agency statement, that is substantially similar to the rule described in paragraph (1).