H.R. 5592 117th Congress House

FREEDOM Act

Official title: To require the head of each Executive agency to submit a report on the effects of requiring the employees of such agency to be vaccinated against COVID-19, and for other purposes.

Introduced: October 15, 2021 Introduced by: Ronny Jackson Republican · Texas See on congress.gov

Government Operations and Politics Cardiovascular and respiratory healthCongressional oversightEmergency medical services and trauma careGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel management

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Immunology and vaccinationInfectious and parasitic diseasesWorker safety and health

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Oct 15, 2021

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

Oct 15, 2021

Introduced in House

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Latest action October 15, 2021

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Forbidding Repressive Executive Efforts and Denouncing Overreaching Mandates Act or the FREEDOM Act

This bill requires each executive agency to report on the effects of requiring its employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and certify whether such a requirement will adversely affect the ability of the agency to carry out its mission.

Specifically, such report shall include

the estimated number of employees who do not intend to get vaccinated and would leave as a result,
the effects on such agency's workforce and on its ability to carry out its mission,
any agency plans to mitigate the loss of institutional knowledge, and
estimates of how long the agency will take to fill the positions left vacant and the costs of filling such positions.