Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress disapproves of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Vaccine Mandate.
HRES 779 is a symbolic resolution introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on November 5, 2021. It expresses Congress’s disapproval of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) emergency temporary standard (ETS) requiring employers with over 100 workers to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations or weekly testing/mask-wearing. The resolution argues OSHA overstepped its authority by treating COVID-19 as a workplace-specific risk, despite Congress having delegated vaccine-related authority to other agencies like the FDA and CDC. As a non-binding resolution, it does not change any laws or enforceable requirements - it only states congressional opinion on the ETS.
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Introduced Nov 5, 2021
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Nov 5, 2021
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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Nov 5, 2021
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1 primary · 11 co-sponsors
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Bob Gibbs
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Austin Scott
RRepublican
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Beth Van Duyne
RRepublican
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Bill Johnson
RRepublican
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Brett Guthrie
RRepublican
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David B. McKinley
RRepublican
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Garret Graves
RRepublican
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Jason Smith
RRepublican
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Kelly Armstrong
RRepublican
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Lloyd Smucker
RRepublican
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Mo Brooks
RRepublican
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