[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5824 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5824

  To permit civil actions against employers for COVID-19 vaccination 
                   mandates, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 2, 2021

 Mr. Mast (for himself, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Perry, Mr. Good of Virginia, 
 Mr. Roy, and Mr. Weber of Texas) introduced the following bill; which 
             was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To permit civil actions against employers for COVID-19 vaccination 
                   mandates, 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 ``Mandating Responsibility Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Covered employee.--The term ``covered employee'' means 
        an employee who is employed by an employer who imposes a COVID-
        19 vaccine mandate.
            (2) COVID-19 vaccine mandate.--The term ``COVID-19 
        vaccination mandate'' means a requirement of an employer that 
        an employee receives a COVID-19 vaccine.

SEC. 3. PRIVATE CAUSE OF ACTION FOR A COVID-19 VACCINATION MANDATE.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a 
covered employee may bring an action against an employer for--
            (1) wrongful termination or any adverse employment action 
        for violating a COVID-19 vaccination mandate of the employer; 
        and
            (2) wrongful death or serious physical injury caused by a 
        COVID-19 vaccination that such employee received for the sole 
        purpose of complying with the COVID-19 vaccination mandate of 
        the employer of such employee.
    (b) Relief.--A prevailing plaintiff under subsection (a) may 
recieve actual damages, compensatory damages, punitive damages, 
injunctive relief, any combination of those, attorneys' fees and costs, 
and any other appropriate relief.
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