[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2997 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2997

   To prohibit a COVID-19 vaccination requirement for eligibility in 
                          nutrition programs.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 19, 2021

  Mr. Scott of Florida introduced the following bill; which was read 
  twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
                                Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
   To prohibit a COVID-19 vaccination requirement for eligibility in 
                          nutrition programs.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION OF COVID-19 VACCINATION REQUIREMENT FOR 
              ELIGIBILITY IN NUTRITION PROGRAMS.

    (a) Definition of Nutrition Program.--In this section, the term 
``nutrition program'' means--
            (1) the special supplemental nutrition program for women, 
        infants, and children established under section 17 of the Child 
        Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786);
            (2) the supplemental nutrition assistance program 
        established under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
        2011 et seq.);
            (3) the school breakfast program established under section 
        4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773); and
            (4) the school lunch program established under the Richard 
        B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.).
    (b) Prohibition.--In carrying out a nutrition program, the 
Secretary of Agriculture--
            (1) may not require a person to have received a COVID-19 
        vaccination for eligibility to participate in the nutrition 
        program; and
            (2) shall prohibit a State agency carrying out the 
        nutrition program from requiring a person to have received a 
        COVID-19 vaccination for eligibility to participate in the 
        nutrition program.
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