[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5687 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5687

To authorize a private right of action for an individual who suffers a 
  vaccine-related injury or death as a result of receiving a COVID-19 
    vaccine, as required by their employer, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 22, 2021

  Mr. Cloud introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize a private right of action for an individual who suffers a 
  vaccine-related injury or death as a result of receiving a COVID-19 
    vaccine, as required by their employer, 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 ``Backing the Independent Decisions of 
Employees against Nefarious Mandates Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. CIVIL ACTION FOR COVID-19 VACCINE-RELATED INJURY OR DEATH.

    An individual may bring an action in an appropriate district court 
of the United States against their employer seeking damages and 
injunctive relief if the employee suffered a vaccine-related injury or 
death (as such term is defined in section 2133(5) of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300aa-33(5))) as a result of receiving a COVID-
19 vaccine, which vaccine the individual received only as a result of a 
requirement to do so by the employer.
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