Ending COVID-19 Emergency: Studies, Audits, and Employment Rights.
This act aims to terminate emergency powers related to COVID-19, mandate studies on the pandemic, and audit expenditures. Significant changes affect employment rights and access to public accommodations for individuals who did not receive a COVID-19 vaccine, ensuring protection against discrimination.
Key points
Termination of emergency use authorization for COVID-19 drugs and vaccines.
Mandating studies on vaccine and treatment effectiveness, transmission rates, pandemic preparedness, and the origins of COVID-19.
Requiring an audit of all federal funds allocated for COVID-19 related activities.
Making it an unlawful employment practice to discriminate against individuals based on their COVID-19 vaccination status.
Allowing reinstatement of military members and federal employees separated due to COVID-19 vaccine refusal, with removal of adverse records.
Expired
Additional Information
Print number: 118_HR_271
Sponsor: Rep. Estes, Ron [R-KS-4]
Process start date: 2023-01-11