[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3248 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3248

 To allow States and Tribal entities to use unexpended COVID-19 relief 
 funds to pay fines on behalf of employers for violating the emergency 
temporary standard issued by the Department of Labor relating to COVID-
 19 Vaccination and Testing and any final rule issued with respect to 
       such emergency temporary standard, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 18, 2021

    Mr. Rubio (for himself, Mr. Braun, Mr. Cramer, and Mr. Scott of 
   Florida) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
 To allow States and Tribal entities to use unexpended COVID-19 relief 
 funds to pay fines on behalf of employers for violating the emergency 
temporary standard issued by the Department of Labor relating to COVID-
 19 Vaccination and Testing and any final rule issued with respect to 
       such emergency temporary standard, 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 Working Families from 
Federal Overreach Act''.

SEC. 2. VIOLATIONS OF COVID-19 VACCINATION AND TESTING REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a 
State or Tribal entity may use unexpended COVID-19 relief funds 
distributed to the State or Tribal entity in order to pay, on behalf of 
an employer operating in the State or on land under the jurisdiction of 
the Tribal entity, any fine imposed on the employer for violating the 
emergency temporary standard issued by the Department of Labor relating 
to ``COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing; Emergency Temporary Standard'' 
(86 Fed. Reg. 61402 (November 5, 2021)), or any final rule issued with 
respect to such emergency temporary standard.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) COVID-19 relief funds.--The term ``COVID-19 relief 
        funds'' means amounts appropriated by the Federal Government 
        for COVID-19 response or relief, including such amounts 
        appropriated under--
                    (A) the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136);
                    (B) the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 
                (Public Law 116-260); or
                    (C) the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public 
                Law 117-2).
            (2) Employer.--The term ``employer'' has the meaning given 
        such term in section 3 of the Occupational Safety and Health 
        Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 652).
            (3) State.--The term ``State'' means each of the 50 States, 
        the District of Columbia, and any territory of the United 
        States.
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