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H.R. 5450 117th Congress House

Blocking Joseph Robinette Biden’s Overreaching Vaccine Mandates Act

Official title: To prohibit the use of Federal funds to implement or enforce a COVID-19 vaccine mandate, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 30, 2021 Introduced by: Diana Harshbarger Republican · Tennessee See on congress.gov
Health Administrative law and regulatory proceduresCardiovascular and respiratory healthEmergency medical services and trauma careGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel management
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Oct 1, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sep 30, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Oversight and Reform, 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.
Sep 30, 2021
Introduced in House
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 Latest action October 1, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Blocking Joseph Robinette Biden's Overreaching Vaccine Mandates Act

This bill restricts implementation and enforcement of COVID-19 vaccine mandates, including in the Medicare and Medicaid programs.

Specifically, the Department of Health and Human Services may not require, as a condition of participation in the programs, that providers mandate COVID-19 vaccination for their employees, or otherwise penalize participating providers that do not mandate such vaccination.

The bill also prohibits the use of federal funds to implement or enforce a COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 5835 Defund Federal Vaccine Mandates Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 25
All 25 Republican 16
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Bentz, Cliff
Oregon · Mar 11, 2022
Lesko, Debbie
· Dec 23, 2021
Hartzler, Vicky
· Nov 5, 2021
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Fallon, Pat
Texas · Nov 1, 2021
 R
Crawford, Eric A. "Rick"
Arkansas · Oct 28, 2021
 R
Palmer, Gary J.
Alabama · Oct 25, 2021
 R
Norman, Ralph
South Carolina · Oct 22, 2021
 R
Fitzgerald, Scott
Wisconsin · Oct 21, 2021
Lamborn, Doug
· Oct 21, 2021
 R
Miller, Mary E.
Illinois · Oct 21, 2021
 R
Steube, W. Gregory
Florida · Oct 21, 2021
 R
Timmons, William R.
South Carolina · Oct 20, 2021
Keller, Fred
· Oct 19, 2021
LaTurner, Jake
· Oct 15, 2021
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Rose, John W.
Tennessee · Oct 15, 2021
 R
Van Drew, Jefferson
New Jersey · Oct 12, 2021
Bishop, Dan
· Oct 8, 2021
 R
Murphy, Gregory F.
North Carolina · Oct 8, 2021
 R
Carter, Earl L. "Buddy"
Georgia · Sep 30, 2021
Duncan, Jeff
· Sep 30, 2021
 R
Estes, Ron
Kansas · Sep 30, 2021
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Guest, Michael
Mississippi · Sep 30, 2021
Herrell, Yvette
· Sep 30, 2021
Posey, Bill
· Sep 30, 2021
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Rutherford, John H.
Florida · Sep 30, 2021
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5450: Blocking Joseph Robinette Biden’s Overreaching Vaccine Mandates Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5450/
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"H.R. 5450: Blocking Joseph Robinette Biden’s Overreaching Vaccine Mandates Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5450/.
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H.R. 5450, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5450/.
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