[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3170 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3170

To ensure that nothing in Federal law, other than an explicit statement 
   in an Act of Congress, shall be construed to provide an executive 
 agency with the authority to mandate, or implement a mandate, that an 
individual be inoculated by a COVID-19 vaccine, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 4, 2021

    Mr. Lee introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To ensure that nothing in Federal law, other than an explicit statement 
   in an Act of Congress, shall be construed to provide an executive 
 agency with the authority to mandate, or implement a mandate, that an 
individual be inoculated by a COVID-19 vaccine, 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 ``No Forced Vaccination for COVID-19 
Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY FOR EXECUTIVE AGENCIES TO ISSUE COVID-19 VACCINE 
              MANDATES.

    (a) In General.--Unless specifically stated in an Act of Congress, 
nothing in Federal law shall be construed to provide an executive 
agency with the authority to mandate, or implement a mandate, that an 
individual be inoculated by a COVID-19 vaccine, including a mandate 
that an individual either be inoculated by such a vaccine or agree to 
undergo periodic testing for COVID-19.
    (b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this Act shall be construed 
to permit or otherwise authorize Congress or an executive agency to 
enact or otherwise impose a mandate described in subsection (a).
    (c) Definition of Executive Agency.--The term ``executive agency'' 
means an executive agency as defined in section 105 of title 5, United 
States Code, excluding the uniformed services as defined in section 
101(a)(5) of title 10, United States Code.
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