118 HR 5634 IH: No Vaccine Mandates in Higher Education Act U.S. House of Representatives 2023-09-21 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.

I118th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 5634IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESSeptember 21, 2023Mr. Good of Virginia (for himself, Mr. Ogles, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Rouzer, Ms. Tenney, Mr. McCormick, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. Clyde, Mr. Babin, Mr. Davidson, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mr. Cloud, and Mr. Guest) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the WorkforceA BILLTo prohibit institutions of higher education from mandating COVID–19 vaccines for students or staff.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the No Vaccine Mandates in Higher Education Act.

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Prohibition on COVID–19 vaccine mandates in higher education

(a)

Prohibition

No Federal funds may be made available to any institution of higher education that requires its students or staff to receive a COVID–19 vaccine as a condition of enrollment or employment, or receiving any benefit, service, or contract. (b)

Institution of higher education defined

In this Act, the term institution of higher education has the meaning given the term in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002).