[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4884 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4884

 To restrict employers from requiring an employee or an applicant for 
    employment with such employer to undertake a medical procedure, 
              including a vaccine, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 30, 2021

   Mr. Higgins of Louisiana introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
 To restrict employers from requiring an employee or an applicant for 
    employment with such employer to undertake a medical procedure, 
              including a 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Employee Rights and Freedoms Act''.

SEC. 2. RESTRICTION ON MANDATORY MEDICAL PROCEDURES.

    (a) In General.--It shall be an unlawful employment practice for an 
employer to require an employee, or an applicant for employment with 
such employer, to undertake a medical procedure, including a vaccine.
    (b) Exemption.--An employee, or an applicant for employment, 
required to undertake a medical procedure, including a vaccine, shall 
be exempted from such procedure because of such employee's firmly held 
belief.
    (c) Accommodations.--An employer with an employee, or an applicant 
for employment, exempted under subsection (b) shall provide such 
employee or applicant with reasonable accommodations to enable such 
employee or applicant to continue to perform the essential functions of 
the employment position that such employee or applicant holds or 
desires.
    (d) Private Right of Action.--An individual who is aggrieved by a 
violation of this section may bring a civil action in an appropriate 
Federal district court of competent jurisdiction.
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