3.0.0 79 2026-03-04T09:06:50Z 2026-03-04T09:06:50Z House H HR 2025-01-03 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/79 [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 1 (Friday, January 3, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. BIGGS of Arizona:H.R. 79.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8The single subject of this legislation is:The single subject of this bill is to nullify certainExecutive Orders regarding COVID-19 vaccine mandates and toprohibit the Secretary of Labor from issuing a rule mandatingvaccination against COVID-19.[Page H38]]]> hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred To 2025-01-03T16:02:15Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing Referred To 2025-01-03T16:02:10Z hsed00 Education and Workforce Committee House Standing Referred To 2025-01-03T16:02:05Z hsgo00 Oversight and Government Reform Committee House Standing Referred To 2025-01-03T16:02:00Z 2025-01-03 Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2025-01-03 Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2025-01-03 Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and Workforce Committee 2025-01-03 Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Government Reform Committee 2025-01-03 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2025-01-03 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B001302 Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5] Andy Biggs R AZ 5 N C001115 Rep. Cloud, Michael [R-TX-27] Michael Cloud R TX 27 2025-01-03 True G000565 Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-9] Paul Gosar R AZ A. 9 2025-01-28 False L000595 Rep. Letlow, Julia [R-LA-5] Julia Letlow R LA 5 2026-03-03 False Government Operations and Politics Administrative law and regulatory procedures 2025-02-03T17:17:47Z Cardiovascular and respiratory health 2025-02-03T17:17:47Z Department of Labor 2025-02-03T17:17:46Z Emergency medical services and trauma care 2025-02-03T17:17:46Z Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management 2025-02-03T17:17:46Z Immunology and vaccination 2025-02-03T17:17:47Z Infectious and parasitic diseases 2025-02-03T17:17:46Z Medicaid 2025-02-03T17:17:46Z Medical tests and diagnostic methods 2025-02-03T17:17:46Z Medicare 2025-02-03T17:17:46Z Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents 2025-02-03T17:17:46Z Public contracts and procurement 2025-02-03T17:17:46Z Worker safety and health 2025-02-03T17:17:46Z Government Operations and Politics 2025-01-31T13:42:42Z 00 2025-01-03 Introduced in House 2025-02-06T15:25:49Z Freedom from Mandates Act

This bill nullifies certain executive orders regarding COVID-19 safety and prohibits the Departments of Labor and Health and Human Services (HHS) from taking specified actions with respect to vaccination against COVID-19.

Specifically, the bill nullifies Executive Order 14042 (relating to ensuring adequate COVID-19 safety protocols for federal contractors) and Executive Order 14043 (requiring COVID-19 vaccination for federal employees).

Labor may not issue any rule requiring employers to mandate vaccination of employees against COVID-19 or requiring testing of employees who are unvaccinated.

HHS may not (1) require a health care provider, as a condition of participation in the Medicare or Medicaid program, to mandate vaccination of employees against COVID-19 or require testing of employees who are unvaccinated; or (2) otherwise penalize such a provider for failure to mandate such vaccination or require such testing.

]]> Freedom from Mandates Act Display Title 45 Freedom from Mandates Act 2025-01-30T06:23:22Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Freedom from Mandates Act 2025-01-30T06:23:19Z Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced 6 To nullify certain Executive orders regarding COVID-19 vaccine mandates and to prohibit the Secretary of Labor from issuing a rule mandating vaccination against COVID-19, and for other purposes. 2025-01-30T06:18:27Z Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2025-01-03T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr79ih/xml/BILLS-119hr79ih.xml 2025-01-03 Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. 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.