[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2988 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2988

   To require any COVID-19 vaccine mandate issued by Congress or an 
     Executive agency to include informed parental consent for the 
    administration of a COVID-19 vaccine to a minor, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 18, 2021

    Mr. Lee introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require any COVID-19 vaccine mandate issued by Congress or an 
     Executive agency to include informed parental consent for the 
    administration of a COVID-19 vaccine to a minor, 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 ``Parental Consent for Vaccination 
Act''.

SEC. 2. INFORMED PARENTAL CONSENT FOR COVID-19 VACCINATION.

    (a) Definition.--In this section, the term ``Executive agency'' has 
the meaning given the term in section 105 of title 5, United States 
Code.
    (b) Requirement.--Any COVID-19 vaccine mandate issued by an Act of 
Congress or by an Executive agency shall require the written and 
informed consent of a legal guardian for the administration of a COVID-
19 vaccine to an individual under the age of 18 years old.
    (c) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to allow for or otherwise authorize a COVID-19 vaccine 
mandate issued by an Act of Congress or by an Executive agency.
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