[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5471 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5471
To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to prohibit the
Secretary of Labor from issuing a temporary standard with respect to
COVID-19 vaccination or testing, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 30, 2021
Ms. Tenney (for herself, Mr. Banks, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Hice of Georgia,
Mr. Mast, Mr. LaTurner, Mrs. Boebert, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Rose, Mr.
Cawthorn, Mr. Tiffany, Mr. Babin, Mr. Jackson, Mr. Carl, Mr. Smith of
Missouri, and Mr. Pfluger) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Education and Labor
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A BILL
To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to prohibit the
Secretary of Labor from issuing a temporary standard with respect to
COVID-19 vaccination or testing, 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 ``Health Freedom for All Act''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN EMERGENCY TEMPORARY STANDARDS.
(a) In General.--Section 8(c) of the Occupational Safety and Health
Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 657(c)) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(4) The Secretary may not issue an emergency temporary
standard that requires an employer to ensure that employees of
the employer have received a COVID-19 vaccine or undergo COVID-
19 testing.''.
(b) Application.--The amendment under subsection (a) shall not
apply to any emergency temporary standard under section 8(c) of the
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 657(c)) issued
before September 23, 2021. Any emergency temporary standard described
in paragraph (4) of such section issued after such date shall have no
force or effect.
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