,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #afi  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,january #ca1       
#bjbc,mr4 ,cruz introduced the following
 bill2 which was read twice and referred
 to the ,committee on ,health1          
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a   
,,bill  ,to prohibit certain ,,covid-#ai
 vaccination mandates for minors1 and to
 require parental consent for           
,,covid-#ai vaccination of minors4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,parental ,rights ,protection ,act4 
#b4 ,prohibitions against ,,covid-#ai   
vaccination mandates for minors  7a7    
,prohibition against mandates ,neither  
the ,federal ,government1 nor any       
agency1 grantee1 payee1 or recipient1   
including any ,state1 local1 ,tribal1 or
 territorial governmental entity        
7including any local educational agency1
 as defined in section #haja of the     
,elementary and ,secondary ,education   
,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ghja771   
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 #ah or  
younger receive a ,,covid-#ai vaccine4  
7b7 ,prohibition against school mandates
  7#a7 ,in ,general ,a local educational
 agency 7as defined in section #haja of 
the ,elementary and ,secondary          
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 
#ghja77 that imposes a mandate requiring
 any students age #ah or younger to     
receive a ,,covid-#ai vaccine shall be  
subject to the penalty described in     
paragraph 7#b74  7#b7 ,penalty ,a local 
educational agency that imposes a       
mandate described in paragraph 7#a7     
shall not be eligible to receive funding
 under part ,a of title ,,iv of the     
,elementary and ,secondary ,education   
,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #gaja et   
seq47 or under part ,a of title ,,ii of 
such ,act 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ffaa et seq47 
beginning on the later of-- 7,a7 the    
date of enactment of this ,act2 or  7,b7

 the date on which such mandate becomes 
effective4  7#c7 ,resumed eligibility   
,if a local educational agency ends the 
mandate described in paragraph 7#a7 that
 local educational agency shall become  
eligible to receive the funding         
described in paragraph 7#b7 as of the   
date on which that mandate is no longer 
effective4  #c4 ,parental consent for   
vaccination of minors ,no ,,covid-#ai   
vaccine may be administered to any      
individual age #ah or younger unless a  
parent1 guardian1 conservator1 or       
attorney-in-fact of the minor provides  
prior1 written1 informed consent for the
 minor to receive such vaccine4  #d4    
,applicable vaccines ,for purposes of   
sections #b and #c1 the term ,,covid-#ai
 vaccine means any vaccine against      
,,covid-#ai that only received          
authorization by the ,food and ,drug    
,administration through an emergency use
 authorization pursuant to section #efd 
of the ,federal ,food1 ,drug1 and       
,cosmetic ,act 7#ba ,u4,s4,c4           

#cfj;bbb-#c71 or that has received such 
authorization prior to receiving full   
approval or licensure under section #eje
 of the ,federal ,food1 ,drug1 and      
,cosmetic ,act 7#ba ,u4,s4,c4 #cee7 or  
section #cea of the ,public ,health     
,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bfb74