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HR 119 119th Congress House Health Cardiovascular and respiratory health Employment discrimination and employee rights Immunology and vaccination Infectious and parasitic diseases

To prohibit any entity that receives Federal funds from the COVID relief packages from mandating employees receive a COVID-19 vaccine, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 3, 2025 Introduced by: Biggs, Andy Republican · Arizona See on congress.gov
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Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
Jan 3, 2025
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill prohibits any entity that receives specified COVID-19 relief funds from mandating that its employees receive COVID-19 vaccines. An entity that violates this prohibition must return the funding it received.

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Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 119: To prohibit any entity that receives Federal funds from the COVID relief packages from mandating employees receive a COVID-19 vaccine, and for other purposes.. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-119/
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"H.R. 119: To prohibit any entity that receives Federal funds from the COVID relief packages from mandating employees receive a COVID-19 vaccine, and for other purposes.." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-119/.
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H.R. 119, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-119/.
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[H.R. 119: To prohibit any entity that receives Federal funds from the COVID relief packages from mandating employees receive a COVID-19 vaccine, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-119/)
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