[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6676 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6676

To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit administering COVID-
19 vaccines to minors without parental consent, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 9, 2022

  Ms. Herrera Beutler (for herself, Mr. Harris, Mr. Fleischmann, Mrs. 
   Cammack, Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Tiffany, Mr. 
  Rodney Davis of Illinois, Mr. Ferguson, Mr. Stauber, and Mr. Latta) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit administering COVID-
19 vaccines to minors without parental consent, 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 ``Protecting Parental Rights Act''.

SEC. 2. ADMINISTERING COVID-19 VACCINES TO MINORS WITHOUT PARENTAL 
              CONSENT.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 7 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 120. Administering COVID-19 vaccines to minors without parental 
              consent
    ``Whoever, in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, 
administers a COVID-19 vaccine to an individual who has not attained 
the age of 18 without the prior consent of a custodial parent or legal 
guardian of that individual, shall be fined under this title, 
imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 7 of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item 
related to section 119 the following:

``120. Administering COVID-19 vaccines to minors without parental 
                            consent.''.
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