S. 3079, Keeping Our COVID–19 Heroes Employed Act
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S. 3079, the Keeping Our COVID–19 Heroes Employed Act, is a Senate bill introduced October 26, 2021 by Blackburn, for herself and the other senators named in the heading, to exempt essential workers from Federal COVID–19 vaccine mandates. Section 2 provides that any requirement imposed by an entity described in subsection (b) that individuals be vaccinated against COVID–19 shall provide for an exemption for all essential workers. The listed entities include the Federal Government, a public or private Federal contractor, and a private entity receiving Federal funds. An essential worker is an individual whom a relevant State, Indian Tribe, or territory deemed essential during the response to the COVID–19 pandemic.
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“S. 3079, Keeping Our COVID–19 Heroes Employed Act.”
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117TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
S. 3079
To exempt essential workers from Federal COVID–19 vaccine mandates.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
OCTOBER 26, 2021
Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself, Mr. INHOFE, Ms. LUMMIS, Mr. HAGERTY, Mr.
BRAUN, Mr. JOHNSON, Mr. TUBERVILLE, and Mr. MARSHALL) intro-
duced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Com-
mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
A BILL
To exempt essential workers from Federal COVID–19
vaccine mandates.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Keeping Our COVID–
5 19 Heroes Employed Act’’.
6 SEC. 2. EXEMPTION FROM VACCINE MANDATES.
7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Any requirement imposed by an
8 entity described in subsection (b) that individuals be vac-
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10 from such requirement for all essential workers.
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1 (b) ENTITIES DESCRIBED.—An entity described in
2 this subsection is any of the following:
3 (1) The Federal Government.
4 (2) A public or private Federal contractor.
5 (3) A private entity receiving Federal funds.
6 (4) A public entity receiving funding under the
7 Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supple-
8 mental Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–
9 123), the Families First Coronavirus Response Act
10 (Public Law 116–127), the Coronavirus Aid, Relief,
11 and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116–136),
12 the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care
13 Enhancement Act (Public Law 116–139), division M
14 or N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021
15 (Public Law 116–260), or the American Rescue
16 Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–2), as a condi-
17 tion for retaining such funds or receiving future dis-
18 bursements of such funds.
19 (c) ESSENTIAL WORKERS DEFINED.—For purposes
20 of this section, the term ‘‘essential worker’’ means an indi-
21 vidual—
22 (1) whom a relevant State, Indian Tribe, or ter-
23 ritory deemed essential during the response to the
24 COVID–19 pandemic; or
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1 (2) who was exempt from any restrictions in re-
2 sponse to the COVID–19 pandemic imposed by a
3 relevant State, Indian Tribe, or territory.
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