No Taxpayer Funding for Vaccine Passports Act of 2021

No Taxpayer Funding for Vaccine Passports Act of 2021

This bill prohibits the use of federal funds to develop a system that requires proof of an individual's COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) vaccination status as a condition of performing any action. If a state, territory, or locality implements such a system, it loses eligibility for specified COVID-19 relief funding.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2487 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2487

To prohibit the use of Federal funds to implement any COVID-19 vaccine 
                passport system, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 13, 2021

 Mr. Rosendale (for himself, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Roy, Ms. Herrell, Mrs. 
  Miller of Illinois, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Good of Virginia, Mr. Gooden of 
  Texas, Mr. Perry, Mrs. Hinson, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mr. Budd, Mr. 
Gosar, Mr. Cawthorn, Mr. Steube, Mrs. Greene of Georgia, Mr. Posey, Mr. 
 Hice of Georgia, Mr. Tiffany, Ms. Mace, Mr. Jackson, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. 
 Clyde, Mrs. Boebert, Mr. Webster of Florida, Mr. McClintock, and Mr. 
   Fallon) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on 
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

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the use of Federal funds to implement any COVID-19 vaccine 
                passport system, and for other purposes.

    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 Taxpayer Funding for Vaccine 
Passports Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING THE USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS TO IMPLEMENT ANY COVID-19 
              VACCINE PASSPORT SYSTEM.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
funds appropriated under any Act may be used for purposes of 
implementing, enforcing, or assisting in the establishment of a COVID-
19 vaccine passport system (as defined in subsection (c)).
    (b) State and Local Use of COVID-19 Vaccine Passport Systems.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the case of a State or a 
unit of local government that implements, enforces, or assists in the 
establishment of a COVID-19 vaccine passport system, no funds 
appropriated under the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116-123), the 
Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Public Law 116-127), the CARES 
Act (Public Law 116-136), the Paycheck Protection Program and Health 
Care Enhancement Act (Public Law 116-139), division M or N of the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260), or the 
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2) may be made 
available to such State or unit of local government.
    (c) Definitions.--In this Act:
            (1) COVID-19 vaccine passport system.--The term ``COVID-19 
        vaccine passport system'' means a system that requires proof 
        (whether physical, electronic, or by any other means) of the 
        vaccination status of an individual with respect to COVID-19 as 
        a condition of performing any action.
            (2) State.--The term ``State'' means each of the several 
        States, the District of Columbia, and each territory of the 
        United States.
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