Health Freedom for All Act

Bill: 118-hr-526
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24]
Introduced: 2023-01-25
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Latest action: action_date: 2023-01-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-01-25
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Health Freedom for All Act</strong></p> <p>This bill prohibits the Department of Labor from issuing an emergency temporary occupational safety or health standard requiring employers to ensure that their employees receive a COVID-19 vaccine or undergo COVID-19 testing.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 526 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 25, 2023 Ms. Tenney (for herself, Mr. Rosendale , Mr. Posey , Mr. Steube , Mrs. Luna , Mrs. Boebert , Mrs. Miller-Meeks , and Mr. Mast ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to prohibit the Secretary of Labor from issuing a temporary standard with respect to COVID–19 vaccination or testing, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Health Freedom for All Act . 2. Prohibition on certain emergency tem­po­rary standards (a) In general Section 8(c) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 ( 29 U.S.C. 657(c) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (4) The Secretary may not issue an emergency temporary standard that requires an employer to ensure that employees of the employer have received a COVID–19 vaccine or undergo COVID–19 testing. . (b) Application The amendment under subsection (a) shall not apply to any emergency temporary standard under section 8(c) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 ( 29 U.S.C. 657(c) ) issued before September 23, 2021. Any emergency temporary standard described in paragraph (4) of such section issued after such date shall have no force or effect.