117 S3248 IS: Protecting Working Families from Federal Overreach Act U.S. Senate 2021-11-18 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

II117th CONGRESS1st SessionS. 3248IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESNovember 18, 2021Mr. 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 PensionsA BILLTo 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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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Protecting Working Families from Federal Overreach Act.

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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.