[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5728 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5728

     To prohibit the Secretary of Labor from using funds to draft, 
    promulgate, or enforce a rule mandating that employers require 
  employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 26, 2021

    Mr. Cawthorn (for himself, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Good of 
  Virginia, Mr. Mann, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Perry, and Mr. Weber of Texas) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
     To prohibit the Secretary of Labor from using funds to draft, 
    promulgate, or enforce a rule mandating that employers require 
  employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, 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 ``JAB Act'' or the ``Justice for All 
Businesses Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF FUNDING FOR OSHA VACCINE-AND-TESTING EMERGENCY 
              TEMPORARY STANDARD.

    No funds may be used by the Secretary of Labor to draft, 
promulgate, or enforce a rule mandating that employers require 
employees to be vaccinated against or tested for COVID-19.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON ASSESSING PENALTIES WITH RESPECT TO OSHA 
              VACCINE-AND-TESTING EMERGENCY TEMPORARY STANDARD.

    The Secretary of Labor shall not assess civil monetary or criminal 
penalties under section 17 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act 
(29 U.S.C. 666) for violations of a rule mandating that employers 
require employees to be vaccinated against or tested for COVID-19.
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