119-hr3044

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3044 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 3044

 To prohibit institutions of higher education from mandating COVID-19 
 vaccines for students or staff.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 April 28, 2025

Mr. Messmer (for himself, Mr. Pfluger, Mrs. Luna, Mr. Ogles, Mrs. Bice, 
 Mr. Moore of Alabama, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Clyde, and Mr. Rose) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
 Education and Workforce

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 A BILL

 To prohibit institutions of higher education from mandating COVID-19 
 vaccines for students or staff.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``No Vaccine Mandates in Higher 
Education Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON COVID-19 VACCINE MANDATES IN HIGHER EDUCATION.

    (a) Prohibition.--No Federal funds may be made available to any 
institution of higher education that requires its students or staff to 
receive a COVID-19 vaccine as a condition of enrollment or employment, 
or receiving any benefit, service, or contract.

    (b) Institution of Higher Education Defined.--In this Act, the term 
``institution of higher education'' has the meaning given the term in 

section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002).
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