3.0.0 3604 2022-12-29T21:18:19Z 2022-12-29T21:18:19Z Senate S 2022-02-09 117 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2022-02-09T17:12:09Z 2022-02-09 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2022-02-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001095 Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] Tom Cotton R AR N Education Education 00 2022-02-09 Introduced in Senate 2022-05-23T13:09:40Z Unmask Our Kids Act of 2022

This bill places restrictions on federal funding to any preschool, kindergarten, or elementary or secondary school with respect to mask mandates.

Specifically, the bill prohibits a preschool, kindergarten, or elementary or secondary school from receiving federal funds if it (1) mandates that students wear face masks while on school grounds or engaged in school-sponsored activities, or (2) limits participation in school activities for students who choose to not wear a face mask on school grounds or while engaged in school-sponsored activities.

The Department of Education must require each application for federal assistance submitted by an educational agency to attest that all of its schools have rescinded any face mask mandate.

]]> Unmask Our Kids Act of 2022 Display Title Unmask Our Kids Act of 2022 Short Title(s) as Introduced Unmask Our Kids Act of 2022 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to prohibit Federal funds from being made available to any preschool, kindergarten, elementary school, or secondary school that has a face mask mandate. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s3604is/xml/BILLS-117s3604is.xml 2022-02-09 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.