Freedom from Mandates Act
Latest action · Sep 27, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedSep 24, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
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.
Cosponsors 40
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 24, 2021 to Nov 3, 2022; 21 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-WV | Alexander X. Mooney | Original | Sep 24, 2021 |
| R-MD | Andy Harris | Original | Sep 24, 2021 |
| R-FL | Bill Posey | Original | Sep 24, 2021 |
| R-VA | Bob Good | Original | Sep 24, 2021 |
| R-TX | Chip Roy | Original | Sep 24, 2021 |
| R-NC | Dan Bishop | Original | Sep 24, 2021 |
| R-AZ | Debbie Lesko | Original | Sep 24, 2021 |
| R-MO | Jason Smith | Original | Sep 24, 2021 |
| R-SC | Jeff Duncan | Original | Sep 24, 2021 |
| R-GA | Jody B. Hice | Original | Sep 24, 2021 |
| R-CO | Lauren Boebert | Original | Sep 24, 2021 |
| R-TX | Louie Gohmert | Original | Sep 24, 2021 |
| R-IL | Mary E. Miller | Original | Sep 24, 2021 |
| R-MT | Matthew M. Rosendale, Sr. | Original | Sep 24, 2021 |
| R-TX | Michael Cloud | Original | Sep 24, 2021 |
| R-AL | Mo Brooks | Original | Sep 24, 2021 |
| R-SC | Ralph Norman | Original | Sep 24, 2021 |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Original | Sep 24, 2021 |
| R-KY | Thomas Massie | Original | Sep 24, 2021 |
| R-CA | Tom McClintock | Original | Sep 24, 2021 |
| R-TX | Van Taylor | Original | Sep 24, 2021 |
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | Sep 28, 2021 | |
| R-FL | W. Gregory Steube | Sep 28, 2021 | |
| R-CO | Doug Lamborn | Sep 29, 2021 | |
| R-FL | John H. Rutherford | Sep 29, 2021 | |
| R-AL | Robert B. Aderholt | Sep 30, 2021 | |
| R-FL | Brian J. Mast | Oct 8, 2021 | |
| R-NC | Madison Cawthorn | Oct 8, 2021 | |
| R-OK | Markwayne Mullin | Oct 8, 2021 | |
| R-NE | Adrian Smith | Oct 20, 2021 | |
| R-VA | Ben Cline | Oct 20, 2021 | |
| R-TX | Jodey C. Arrington | Oct 21, 2021 | |
| R-FL | Kat Cammack | Oct 25, 2021 | |
| R-PA | Scott Perry | Oct 25, 2021 | |
| R-GA | Andrew S. Clyde | Nov 2, 2021 | |
| R-FL | Byron Donalds | Nov 2, 2021 | |
| R-TX | Jake Ellzey | Nov 2, 2021 | |
| R-NC | Ted Budd | Nov 5, 2021 | |
| R-TX | Beth Van Duyne | Dec 7, 2021 | |
| R-TN | Diana Harshbarger | Nov 3, 2022 |
Committees 4
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Sep 24, 2021 |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Sep 24, 2021 |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Sep 24, 2021 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Sep 27, 2021 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Sep 24, 2021 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Sep 24, 2021 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 27, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Sep 24, 2021Introduced in House
- Sep 24, 2021Referred 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.
- Sep 24, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 166, September 24, 2021, page H5174.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 119 | Freedom from Mandates Act | Reintroduced Bill | Dec 17, 2024 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To nullify certain executive orders regarding COVID-19 vaccine mandates and to prohibit the Secretary of Labor from issuing a rule mandating vaccination against COVID-19, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Freedom from Mandates Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Department of Labor
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government Operations and Politics
- Immunology and vaccination
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Medicaid
- Medical tests and diagnostic methods
- Medicare
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- Public contracts and procurement
- Worker safety and health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 24, 2021Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
