[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 117 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 117

   To prohibit any entity that receives Federal funds from the COVID 
 relief packages from mandating employees receive a COVID-19 vaccine, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 9, 2023

  Mr. Biggs introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
   Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the 
   Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
   To prohibit any entity that receives Federal funds from the COVID 
 relief packages from mandating employees 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. COVID RELIEF PACKAGE FUNDING RESTRICTION.

    (a) Funding Restriction.--Any entity that receives Federal funds 
from a COVID relief package may not mandate that any employee of such 
entity receives a COVID-19 vaccine.
    (b) Return of Funds.--Any entity that is in violation of subsection 
(a) shall return any funds received from the COVID relief package to 
the Federal Government.
    (c) COVID Relief Package Defined.--In this section, the term 
``COVID relief package'' means any of the following:
            (1) CARES Act (Public Law 116-136).
            (2) Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental 
        Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116-123).
            (3) Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Public Law 
        116-127).
            (4) Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement 
        Act (Public Law 116-139).
            (5) Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-
        260).
            (6) American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2).
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