,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of    
,,representatives  ,january #c1         
#bjbe,mr4 ,biggs of ,arizona 7for       
himself and ,mr4 ,cloud7 introduced the 
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,oversight and        
,government ,reform1 and in addition to 
the ,committees on ,education and       
,workforce1 ,energy and ,commerce1 and  
,ways and ,means1 for a period to be    
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to nullify certain          
,executive orders regarding ,,covid-#ai 
vaccine mandates and to prohibit the    
,secretary of ,labor from issuing a rule
 mandating vaccination against          
,,covid-#ai1 and for other purposes4    
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,freedom from ,mandates ,act4   
#b4 ,nullification of certain ,executive
 orders  7a7 ,safety protocols for      

,federal ,contractors ,executive ,order 
#adjdb 7#hf ,fed4 ,reg4 #ejihe1 relating
 to ensuring adequate ,,covid-#ai safety
 protocols for ,federal contractors7    
shall have no force or effect4  7b7     
,,covid-#ai vaccine requirement         
,executive ,order #adjdc 7#hf ,fed4     
,reg4 #ejihi1 relating to requiring     
,,covid-#ai vaccination for ,federal    
employees7 shall have no force or       
effect4  #c4 ,prohibition of rules      
mandating vaccination ,the ,secretary of
 ,labor may not issue any rule requiring
 employers to mandate vaccination of    
employees against ,,covid-#ai or        
requiring testing of employees who are  
unvaccinated against ,,covid-#ai4  #d4  
,prohibition on ,medicare and ,medicaid 
,,covid-#ai vaccination mandates        
,notwithstanding any provision of title 
,,xi1 ,,xviii1 or ,,xix of the ,social  
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acja et  
seq41 #acie et seq41 #acif et seq471 the
 ,secretary of ,health and ,human       
,services may not require a health care 

provider1 as a condition of             
participation in the ,medicare or       
,medicaid program1 to mandate           
vaccination of employees against        
,,covid-#ai or require testing of       
employees who are unvaccinated against  
,,covid-#ai1 and may not otherwise      
penalize such a provider for such       
provider's failure to so mandate such   
vaccination or so require such testing4