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<dc:title>117 S2998 IS: To prohibit the Commissioner of Social Security and any officer or employee of the Social Security Administration from requiring that any individual be vaccinated against COVID–19 as a condition of receiving benefits under titles II or XVI of the Social Security Act.</dc:title>
<dc:publisher>U.S. Senate</dc:publisher>
<dc:date>2021-10-19</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">II</distribution-code><congress>117th CONGRESS</congress><session>1st Session</session><legis-num>S. 2998</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber><action><action-date date="20211019">October 19, 2021</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="S404">Mr. Scott of Florida</sponsor> introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the <committee-name committee-id="SSFI00">Committee on Finance</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title>To prohibit the Commissioner of Social Security and any officer or employee of the Social Security Administration from requiring that any individual be vaccinated against COVID–19 as a condition of receiving benefits under titles II or XVI of the Social Security Act.</official-title></form><legis-body><section id="id7734C681F89A4F128E1ED2274A63A7BB" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Prohibition on requiring COVID–19 vaccination as a condition of receiving social security or supplemental security income benefits</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Neither the Commissioner of Social Security nor any officer or employee of the Social Security Administration shall establish or enforce any requirement that an individual receive a COVID–19 vaccine as a condition of receiving a benefit under title II or XVI of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/401">42 U.S.C. 401 et seq.</external-xref>; 1381 et seq.).</text></section></legis-body></bill> 

