[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2998 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2998

  To prohibit the Commissioner of Social Security and any officer or 
employee of the Social Security Administration from requiring that any 
 individual be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of receiving 
      benefits under titles II or XVI of the Social Security Act.


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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 Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prohibit the Commissioner of Social Security and any officer or 
employee of the Social Security Administration from requiring that any 
 individual be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of receiving 
      benefits under titles II or XVI of the Social Security Act.

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

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON REQUIRING COVID-19 VACCINATION AS A CONDITION 
              OF RECEIVING SOCIAL SECURITY OR SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY 
              INCOME BENEFITS.

    Neither the Commissioner of Social Security nor any officer or 
employee of the Social Security Administration shall establish or 
enforce any requirement that an individual receive a COVID-19 vaccine 
as a condition of receiving a benefit under title II or XVI of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et seq.; 1381 et seq.).
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