,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cbdh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november #ah1 
#bjba,mr4 ,rubio 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,braun1 ,mr4 ,cramer1 and ,mr4 ,scott of
 ,florida7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,health1           
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a   
,,bill  ,to allow ,states and ,tribal   
entities to use unexpended ,,covid-#ai  
relief funds to pay fines on behalf of  
employers for violating the emergency   
temporary standard issued by the        
,department of ,labor relating to       
,,covid-#ai ,vaccination and ,testing   
and any final rule issued with respect  
to such emergency temporary standard1   
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,protecting ,working ,families from     
,federal ,overreach ,act4  #b4          
,violations of ,,covid-#ai vaccination  
and testing requirements  7a7 ,in       
general ,notwithstanding any other      

provision of law1 a ,state or ,tribal   
entity may use unexpended ,,covid-#ai   
relief funds distributed to the ,state  
or ,tribal entity in order to pay1 on   
behalf of an employer operating in the  
,state or on land under the jurisdiction
 of the ,tribal entity1 any fine imposed
 on the employer for violating the      
emergency temporary standard issued by  
the ,department of ,labor relating to   
,,covid-#ai ,vaccination and ,testing2  
,emergency ,temporary ,standard 7#hf    
,fed4 ,reg4 #fadjb 7,november #e1       
#bjba771 or any final rule issued with  
respect to such emergency temporary     
standard4  7b7 ,definitions ,in this    
section3 7#a7 ,,covid-#ai relief funds  
,the term ,,covid-#ai relief funds means
 amounts appropriated by the ,federal   
,government for ,,covid-#ai response or 
relief1 including such amounts          
appropriated under-- 7,a7 the ,,cares   
,act 7,public ,law #aaf-acf72  7,b7 the 
,consolidated ,appropriations ,act1     
#bjba 7,public ,law #aaf-bfj72 or  7,c7 

the ,american ,rescue ,plan ,act of     
#bjba 7,public ,law #aag-b74  7#b7      
,employer ,the term employer has the    
meaning given such term in section #c of
 the ,occupational ,safety and ,health  
,act of #aigj 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #feb74     
7#c7 ,state ,the term ,state means each 
of the #ej ,states1 the ,district of    
,columbia1 and any territory of the     
,united ,states4