HR 5360 United States House · 117th Congress

Freedom from Mandates Act

Summary

Freedom from Mandates Act This bill nullifies certain executive orders regarding COVID-19 safety and prohibits the Departments of Labor and Health and Human Services (HHS) from taking specified actions with respect to vaccination against COVID-19. Specifically, the bill nullifies Executive Order 14042 (relating to ensuring adequate COVID-19 safety protocols for federal contractors) and Executive Order 14043 (requiring COVID-19 vaccination for federal employees). Labor may not issue any rule requiring employers to mandate vaccination of employees against COVID-19 or requiring testing of employees who are unvaccinated. HHS may not (1) require a health care provider, as a condition of participation in the Medicare or Medicaid program, to mandate vaccination of employees against COVID-19 or require testing of employees who are unvaccinated; or (2) otherwise penalize such a provider for failure to mandate such vaccination or require such testing.

Issues: ✗ Healthcare

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Sep 2021

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Introduced Sep 24, 2021 Last action Sep 27, 2021

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Committee

Sep 27, 2021

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

lower

Sep 24, 2021

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

lower

Sep 24, 2021

Committee

Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

lower

Sep 24, 2021

Introduced

Introduced in House

lower

1 primary · 40 co-sponsors