[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5471 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5471

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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 30, 2021

 Ms. Tenney (for herself, Mr. Banks, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Hice of Georgia, 
   Mr. Mast, Mr. LaTurner, Mrs. Boebert, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Rose, Mr. 
 Cawthorn, Mr. Tiffany, Mr. Babin, Mr. Jackson, Mr. Carl, Mr. Smith of 
  Missouri, and Mr. Pfluger) introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Health Freedom for All Act''.

SEC. 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.
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