H.R. 7281 – Reading Mode

117th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 7281

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 30, 2022

Mr. Clyde (for himself, Mr. Good of Virginia, Mr. Norman, Mr. Donalds, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Nehls, Mr. Mooney, Mr. Davidson, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Brooks, Mr. Cloud, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Mr. Harris, Mr. Rosendale, Mr. Massie, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mr. Biggs, Mrs. Greene of Georgia, Mr. LaHood, Mr. Loudermilk, Mr. Meuser, Mr. Tiffany, Ms. Van Duyne, Mr. Grothman, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Babin, Mr. Mann, Mr. Johnson of Louisiana, Mr. Allen, Mr. LaMalfa, and Mr. Hice of Georgia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor

A BILL

To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to repeal the Secretary’s authority to issue emergency temporary standards, and for other purposes.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Reversing Every Vaccine Emergency Requirement and Stopping Employee OSHA Mandates Act or the REVERSE OSHA Mandates Act.

Repeal of emergency temporary standard

Section 6 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 655) is amended—

(1)

by striking subsection (c); and

(2)

by redesignating subsections (d) through (g) as subsections (c) through (f), respectively.

Prohibition on standards subjecting workers to medical treatments

Section 6 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 655) is amended by adding at the end the following:

(g)

Nothing in this section may be construed to provide authority to require any drug (as defined in section 201(g)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act) or vaccine or other biological product (as defined in section 351(i)(1) of the Public Health Service Act) to be administered to any employee.