,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cjie  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,october #bh1  
#bjba,ms4 ,lummis 7for herself1 ,mr4    
,marshall1 ,mrs4 ,hyde-,smith1 ,mr4     
,rounds1 ,mr4 ,scott of ,florida1 ,mrs4 
,blackburn1 and ,mr4 ,barrasso7         
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,homeland ,security and   
,governmental ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
address ,federal employees who comply   
with ,executive ,order #adjdc1 and for  
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,having        
,employees ,return to ,duty ,act of     
#bjba or the ,,herd ,act of #bjba4  #b4 
,executive ,order #adjdc  7a7           
,definitions ,in this section-- 7#a7 the
 terms agency and employee have the     
meanings given the terms in section #c  
of the ,executive ,order1 except that   
the term agency does not include the    
,department of ,defense2  7#b7 the term 
covered employee means an employee who  

has complied with the requirements of   
the ,executive ,order2 and  7#c7 the    
term ,executive ,order means ,executive 
,order #adjdc 7#hf ,fed4 ,reg4 #ejihi2  
relating to requiring ,coronavirus      
,disease #bjai vaccination for ,federal 
employees74  7b7 ,requirement  7#a7 ,in 
general ,subject to paragraphs 7#b7 and 
7#c71 beginning on the date that is #fj 
days after the date of enactment of this
 ,act1 the head of each agency shall1   
with respect to each covered employee   
employed by the agency1 require the     
covered employee to work from the duty  
station of the covered employee1 and to 
work the hours worked by the covered    
employee1 as of ,february #ae1 #bjbj4   
7#b7 ,newly hired employees ,if a       
covered employee was not employed by the
 applicable agency as of ,february #ae1 
#bjbj1 the requirements under paragraph 
7#a7 shall apply to the covered employee
 with respect to the duty station and   
hours of the individual who occupied the
 position of the covered employee1 as of

 that date4  7#c7 ,significant community
 spread ,the head of an agency may      
implement different policies than1 or   
supplemental policies to1 the           
requirements under paragraph 7#a71      
including by requiring social distancing
 at a particular work site1 if the      
agency head finds that-- 7,a7 there is  
substantial transmission of ,,covid-#ai 
within a community in which the         
requirements of that paragraph would    
otherwise be carried out1 as determined 
by the ,centers for ,disease ,control   
and ,prevention2 and  7,b7 implementing 
those different or supplemental policies
 will not degrade the level of service  
that the agency provides to the public4