[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1374 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1374

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit the imposition of 
COVID-19 vaccine mandates by institutions of higher education, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 3, 2023

 Ms. Tenney (for herself, Mr. LaMalfa, and Mr. Lamborn) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
                             the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit the imposition of 
COVID-19 vaccine mandates by institutions of higher education, 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 ``Ending COVID Vaccine Mandates for 
Colleges and Universities Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON COVID-19 VACCINE MANDATES.

    Part B of title I of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1011 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 124. PROHIBITION ON COVID-19 VACCINE MANDATES.

    ``(a) Prohibition.--An institution of higher education that imposes 
a COVID-19 vaccine mandate shall be ineligible to receive funds or 
otherwise participate in programs under this Act for the duration of 
the period during which such mandate is in effect.
    ``(b) COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Defined.--In this section, the term 
`COVID-19 vaccine mandate' means any requirement that an individual 
receive an immunization that is intended to prevent or mitigate COVID-
19 as a condition of that individual's admission to, enrollment in, or 
attendance or employment at an institution of higher education.''.
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