[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5480 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5480

 To clarify the applicability of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act 
of 1993 to rules issued under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 
 1970 and to amend such Act to prohibit emergency temporary standards 
           with respect to vaccines, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 5, 2021

  Mr. Estes introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
 To clarify the applicability of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act 
of 1993 to rules issued under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 
 1970 and to amend such Act to prohibit emergency temporary standards 
           with respect to vaccines, 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. APPLICABILITY OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM RESTORATION ACT OF 1993.

    The Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 2000bb et 
seq.) shall apply with any rule issued by the Secretary of Labor under 
the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 651 et seq.).

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN EMERGENCY TEMPORARY STANDARDS.

    Section 6(c) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 
U.S.C. 655(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 receive a vaccine.''.
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