3.0.0 3079 2023-03-08T20:12:35Z 2023-03-08T20:12:35Z Senate S 2021-10-26 117 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-10-26T23:37:22Z Keeping Our COVID–19 Heroes Employed Act 117 5860 HR 2021-11-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2021-10-26 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2021-10-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001243 Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] Marsha Blackburn R TN N I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK 2021-10-26 True L000571 Sen. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY] Cynthia Lummis R WY M. 2021-10-26 True H000601 Sen. Hagerty, Bill [R-TN] Bill Hagerty R TN 2021-10-26 True B001310 Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] Mike Braun R IN 2021-10-26 True J000293 Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI] Ron Johnson R WI 2021-10-26 True T000278 Sen. Tuberville, Tommy [R-AL] Tommy Tuberville R AL 2021-10-26 True M001198 Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] Roger Marshall R KS 2021-10-26 True C001096 Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] Kevin Cramer R ND 2021-10-27 False H001079 Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS] Cindy Hyde-Smith R MS 2021-10-27 False S001198 Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK] Dan Sullivan R AK 2021-10-27 False L000575 Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] James Lankford R OK 2021-10-27 False H001089 Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO] Josh Hawley R MO 2021-11-18 False D000618 Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] Steve Daines R MT 2021-12-15 False Health Cardiovascular and respiratory health Emergency medical services and trauma care Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Immunology and vaccination Infectious and parasitic diseases Public contracts and procurement Worker safety and health Health 00 2021-10-26 Introduced in Senate 2022-02-24T16:23:53Z Keeping Our COVID-19 Heroes Employed Act

This bill exempts essential workers from COVID-19 vaccination requirements imposed by the federal government and contractors, public entities that received federal COVID-19 relief funds, and private entities that received any federal funds.

An essential worker is an individual who was deemed to be essential or exempted from response measures during the COVID-19 pandemic by a state, tribe, or territory.

]]> Keeping Our COVID–19 Heroes Employed Act Display Title Keeping Our COVID–19 Heroes Employed Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Keeping Our COVID–19 Heroes Employed Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to exempt essential workers from Federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s3079is/xml/BILLS-117s3079is.xml 2021-10-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.