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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Jan 3, 2025
No Mandates Act
This bill prohibits federal agencies and certain entities that receive federal funding from requiring COVID-19 vaccinations.
Specifically, federal agencies may not issue rules, regulations, or guidance that require an individual to receive a COVID-19 vaccination. The bill also prohibits requiring a COVID-19 vaccination to access federal property and services or congressional grounds and services.
Additionally, an entity that received federal COVID-19 relief funds or receives other federal funds after this bill's enactment may not require a COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of providing any service to an individual.
People & committees
Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5] · R–AZ
Legislative record
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Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Primary sources
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Source last updated: Jun 24, 2025. Consult Congress.gov for the current record.
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PlainBill explanation
Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-01-03 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
The proposed No Mandates Act would bar covered agencies from issuing rules, regulations, or guidance requiring individuals to receive a COVID–19 vaccination. It would prohibit vaccination requirements for access to federal property and services, including congressional grounds and services. It would also prohibit certain recipients of federal funding from making COVID–19 vaccination a condition of providing services to people. Recipients that violate that restriction would have to repay the Government.
This Act may be cited as the No Mandates Act.
No agency may issue any rule, regulations, or guidance requiring any individual to receive a vaccination for COVID–19.
A vaccination for COVID–19 shall not be required for access to Federal property or Federal services, or for access to congressional grounds or services.
No entity that received Federal funds under a COVID–19 relief package or that receives any other Federal funds after the date of the enactment of this Act may require any individual to have received a vaccination for COVID–19 as a condition of such entity providing any service to such individual.
Any entity that does not comply with subsection (a) shall be required to pay to the Government an amount equal to the sum of all funds such entity received.
Section 2 would prohibit covered agencies from issuing rules, regulations, or guidance requiring any individual to receive a COVID–19 vaccination. It uses the definition of “agency” in section 551 of title 5 of the United States Code; that definition is not reproduced in the supplied text.
(a) In general No agency may issue any rule, regulations, or guidance requiring any individual to receive a vaccination for COVID–19. (b) Agency defined In this section, the term agency has the meaning given that term in section 551 of title 5, United States Code.
Section 3 would prohibit requiring COVID–19 vaccination to access federal property, federal services, congressional grounds, or congressional services.
A vaccination for COVID–19 shall not be required for access to Federal property or Federal services, or for access to congressional grounds or services.
Section 4 would bar an entity from conditioning any service to an individual on that person having received a COVID–19 vaccination if the entity received federal funds under a listed COVID–19 relief package or receives any other federal funds after enactment. The restriction is phrased to cover any service the entity provides to the individual, without limiting it to federally funded services.
No entity that received Federal funds under a COVID–19 relief package or that receives any other Federal funds after the date of the enactment of this Act may require any individual to have received a vaccination for COVID–19 as a condition of such entity providing any service to such individual.
An entity violating section 4's service restriction would be required to pay the Government an amount equal to “the sum of all funds such entity received.” This repayment requirement is mandatory, but the provision does not expressly specify the time period or funding sources included in that sum.
(b) Return of funds Any entity that does not comply with subsection (a) shall be required to pay to the Government an amount equal to the sum of all funds such entity received.
For the funding restriction, “COVID–19 relief package” means six named laws: the CARES Act; the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020; the Families First Coronavirus Response Act; the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act; the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021; and the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
(c) COVID–19 relief package defined In this section, the term COVID–19 relief package means any of the following: (1) CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9001 et seq.; Public Law 116–136; 134 Stat. 281). (2) Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–123; 134 Stat. 146). (3) Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Public Law 116–127; 134 Stat. 178). (4) Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act (Public Law 116–139; 134 Stat. 620). (5) Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116–260; 134 Stat. 1182). (6) American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–2; 135 Stat. 41).
The supplied official-actions snapshot, updated June 24, 2025, records introduction in the House on January 3, 2025, and referral that day to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, House Administration, and Energy and Commerce for consideration of provisions within their respective jurisdictions.
Source snapshot updated 2025-06-24T08:05:16Z.
2025-01-03: Introduced in House
2025-01-03: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
A closer look
Reviewed version: Introduced in House · 2025-01-03. These findings describe provisions and who may benefit; they are not judgments of waste, corruption, or motive.
This review covers the supplied bill text. “None identified” does not rule out provisions in later versions or accompanying reports and disclosures.
Provisions outside the bill’s main subject, or policy changes attached to appropriations.
None identified in the reviewed text
No unrelated provision or policy change attached to appropriations was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. This conclusion is limited to this version and does not establish absence in other versions or accompanying materials.
Spending directed to particular recipients or places outside ordinary competitive or formula-based allocation.
None identified in the reviewed text
No congressionally directed spending for a particular recipient or place was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. This conclusion is limited to this version and does not establish absence in other versions or accompanying materials.
Narrow exceptions, exemptions, or preferential treatment that warrant a closer look.
None identified in the reviewed text
No materially narrow carve-out, special exemption, or preferential treatment was identified in the complete supplied introduced text. Its general protections against vaccination conditions do not alone constitute targeted benefits. This conclusion is limited to this version and does not establish absence in other versions or accompanying materials.
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