H.R. 6017 — Introduced in House

I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6017 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 18, 2021Mr. Banks (for himself, Mr. Good of Virginia, Mrs. Cammack, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Fallon, Mr. Rouzer, Mr. Murphy of North Carolina, Mr. Bishop of North Carolina, Mr. Jackson, Mr. Allen, Mr. Babin, Mr. Perry, Mr. Posey, Mr. Cawthorn, Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania, Mr. Cline, Mr. Webster of Florida, Mr. Timmons, Mr. Mast, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Palazzo, Mr. Guest, and Mr. Smith of New Jersey) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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 A BILL To prohibit certain COVID–19 vaccination mandates for minors, and to require parental consent for COVID–19 vaccination of minors. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Parental Rights Protection Act. 2. Prohibitions against COVID–19 vaccination mandates for minors (a) Prohibition against mandates Neither the Federal Government, nor any agency, grantee, payee, or recipient, including any State, local, Tribal, or territorial governmental entity (including any local educational agency, as defined in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801)), that receives any Federal funds from the Department of Education or the Department of Health and Human Services may require or otherwise mandate that any individual age 18 or younger receive a COVID–19 vaccine. (b) Prohibition against school mandates (1) In General A local educational agency (as defined in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801)) that imposes a mandate requiring any students age 18 or younger to receive a COVID–19 vaccine shall be subject to the penalty described in paragraph (2). (2) Penalty A local educational agency that imposes a mandate described in paragraph (1) shall not be eligible to receive funding under part A of title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) or under part A of title II of such Act (20 U.S.C. 6611 et seq.) beginning on the later of— (A) the date of enactment of this Act; or (B) the date on which such mandate becomes effective. (3) Resumed eligibility If a local educational agency ends the mandate described in paragraph (1) that local educational agency shall become eligible to receive the funding described in paragraph (2) as of the date on which that mandate is no longer effective. 3. Parental consent for vaccination of minors No COVID–19 vaccine may be administered to any individual age 18 or younger unless a parent, guardian, conservator, or attorney-in-fact of the minor provides prior, written, informed consent for the minor to receive such vaccine. 4. Applicable vaccines For purposes of sections 2 and 3, the term COVID–19 vaccine means any vaccine against COVID–19 that only received authorization by the Food and Drug Administration through an emergency use authorization pursuant to section 564 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360bbb–3), or that has received such authorization prior to receiving full approval or licensure under section 505 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355) or section 351 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262).