[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3243 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3243

 To prohibit certain Federal agencies from requiring that any employee 
 of such an agency receive a COVID-19 vaccine, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 18, 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 prohibit certain Federal agencies from requiring that any employee 
 of such an agency receive 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 ``Protecting Our Federal Workforce 
from Forced COVID-19 Vaccination Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION AGAINST AGENCY VACCINE MANDATES.

    (a) Definition.--In this section, the term ``agency'' means an 
executive department, agency, or independent establishment that is 
subject to the requirements of Executive Order 14042 (86 Fed. Reg. 
50985; relating to ensuring adequate COVID safety protocols for Federal 
contractors).
    (b) Prohibition.--No agency may require any employee of the agency, 
or any individual working on or in connection with a contract or 
subcontract with respect to the agency, to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.
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