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    <item congress="117" measure-type="hr" measure-number="5860" measure-id="id117hr5860" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2021-11-04" update-date="2022-02-22">
        <title>Keeping Our COVID–19 Heroes Employed Act</title>
        <summary summary-id="id117hr5860v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2022-02-22">
            <action-date>2021-11-04</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Keeping Our COVID-19 Heroes Employed Act</strong></p> <p>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.</p> <p>An<em> essential worker</em> 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.</p>]]></summary-text>
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