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119th CONGRESS
1st Session |
To prohibit institutions of higher education from mandating COVID–19 vaccines for students or staff.
Mr. Messmer (for himself, Mr. Pfluger, Mrs. Luna, Mr. Ogles, Mrs. Bice, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Clyde, and Mr. Rose) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce
To prohibit institutions of higher education from mandating COVID–19 vaccines for students or staff.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “No Vaccine Mandates in Higher Education Act”.
SEC. 2. 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).