HERD Act of 2021
Latest action · Oct 28, 2021 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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.
- IntroducedOct 28, 2021
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Having Employees Return to Duty Act of 2021 or the HERD Act of 2021
This bill addresses federal employees who comply with Executive Order 14043 (requiring COVID-19 vaccination for federal employees).
Specifically, the bill requires each federal agency, with respect to each agency employee who has complied with such order, to require the employee to work from that employee's duty station and to work the hours required as of February 15, 2020.
If such an employee was not employed by the applicable agency as of that date, that requirement shall apply to the employee with respect to duty station and hours of the individual who occupied that position as of that date.
An agency may implement different policies than, or supplemental policies to, those requirements, including by requiring social distancing at a particular work site, if the agency finds that (1) there is substantial transmission of COVID-19 within a community in which such requirements would otherwise be carried out, as determined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and (2) implementing those different or supplemental policies will not degrade the level of service that the agency provides to the public.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 28, 2021 to Nov 14, 2022; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MS | Cindy Hyde-Smith | Original | Oct 28, 2021 |
| R-WY | John Barrasso | Original | Oct 28, 2021 |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Original | Oct 28, 2021 |
| R-SD | Mike Rounds | Original | Oct 28, 2021 |
| R-FL | Rick Scott | Original | Oct 28, 2021 |
| R-KS | Roger Marshall | Original | Oct 28, 2021 |
| R-AK | Dan Sullivan | Nov 14, 2022 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Oct 28, 2021 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 28, 2021Introduced in Senate
- Oct 28, 2021Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to address Federal employees who comply with Executive Order 14043, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- HERD Act of 2021
- Having Employees Return to Duty Act of 2021
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 28, 2021Introduced in Senate
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