[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 50 (Thursday, March 21, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S2523]
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  SA 1699. Mr. VANCE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2882, to reauthorize the Morris K. Udall and 
Stewart L. Udall Trust Fund, and for other purposes; which was ordered 
to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of division ___, add the following:
       Sec. ___.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
     division, none of the funds appropriated or made available by 
     this division for the Centers for Disease Control and 
     Prevention or any other agency of the Department of Health 
     and Human Services for fiscal year 2024 shall be used to 
     enforce a mask mandate in response to COVID-19.
       Sec. ___.  Nothing in this division or any other division 
     of this Act may be construed to prevent a hospital, public 
     health center, outpatient medical facility, rehabilitation 
     facility, facility for long-term care, or medical facility, 
     as those terms are defined in section 1624 of the Public 
     Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300s-3), from requiring 
     employees to wear masks in response to the COVID-19 virus.
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