HR 5634 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

No Vaccine Mandates in Higher Education Act

Introduced Sep 21, 2023 Originated House Sponsor Bob Good R-VA

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Sep 21, 2023 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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.

  1. IntroducedSep 21, 2023
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

No Vaccine Mandates in Higher Education Act

This bill prohibits an institution of higher education (IHE) from receiving federal funds if the IHE requires its students or staff to receive a COVID-19 vaccine as a condition of enrollment in or employment at the IHE or for receiving any benefit, service, or contract.

Cosponsors 20

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 21, 2023 to Nov 28, 2023; 15 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-TNAndrew OglesOriginalSep 21, 2023
R-GAAndrew S. ClydeOriginalSep 21, 2023
R-ALBarry MooreOriginalSep 21, 2023
R-TXBrian BabinOriginalSep 21, 2023
R-NYClaudia TenneyOriginalSep 21, 2023
R-LAClay HigginsOriginalSep 21, 2023
R-NCDavid RouzerOriginalSep 21, 2023
R-SCJeff DuncanOriginalSep 21, 2023
R-SCJoe WilsonOriginalSep 21, 2023
R-ILMary E. MillerOriginalSep 21, 2023
R-TXMichael CloudOriginalSep 21, 2023
R-MSMichael GuestOriginalSep 21, 2023
R-TXRandy K. Weber, Sr.OriginalSep 21, 2023
R-GARichard McCormickOriginalSep 21, 2023
R-OHWarren DavidsonOriginalSep 21, 2023
R-TXAugust PflugerSep 22, 2023
R-OKJosh BrecheenSep 22, 2023
R-NCDan BishopSep 27, 2023
R-MTMatthew M. Rosendale, Sr.Sep 27, 2023
R-AZElijah CraneNov 28, 2023

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Sep 21, 2023

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 21, 2023Introduced in House
  2. Sep 21, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 and Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 The single subject of this legislation is: Prohibiting federal funds to colleges and universities that require COVID-19 vaccine mandates

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 153, September 21, 2023, page H4457.

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To prohibit institutions of higher education from mandating COVID-19 vaccines for students or staff.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
No Vaccine Mandates in Higher Education Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 21, 2023Introduced in House

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