,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cdab  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #af1 
#bjba,mr4 ,thune 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,barrasso1 ,mr4 ,braun1 ,mr4 ,cramer1   
,mr4 ,crapo1 ,mr4 ,hawley1 ,mr4 ,hoeven1
 ,mrs4 ,hyde-,smith1 ,mr4 ,inhofe1 ,mr4 
,lankford1 ,ms4 ,lummis1 ,mr4 ,moran1   
,mr4 ,risch1 ,mr4 ,rounds1 ,mr4 ,rubio1 
,mr4 ,scott of ,south ,carolina1 ,mr4   
,sullivan1 ,mr4 ,wicker1 and ,mr4 ,cruz7
 introduced the following bill2 which   
was read twice and referred to the      
,committee on ,health1 ,education1      
,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
prohibit the use of ,federal funds to   
enforce the rule submitted by the       
,department of ,health and ,human       
,services relating to ,,covid-#ai       
vaccine and mask requirements for ,head 
,start programs4  #a4 ,short title ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,preventing   
,mandates on ,toddlers ,act4  #b4       
,prohibition on funding the ,,hhs rule  
on ,head ,start ,,covid vaccine and mask

 requirements ,notwithstanding any other
 law1 no funds appropriated or otherwise
 made available to the ,department of   
,health and ,human ,services shall be   
obligated or expended to-- 7#a7         
implement or enforce the rule submitted 
by the ,department of ,health and ,human
 ,services relating to ,vaccine and     
,mask ,requirements ,to ,mitigate the   
,spread of ,,covid-#ai in ,head ,start  
,programs 7#hf ,fed4 ,reg4 #fhjeb       
7,november #cj1 #bjba772 or  7#b7       
promulgate1 implement1 or enforce any   
rule1 regulation1 or other agency       
statement1 that is substantially similar
 to the rule described in paragraph     
7#a74