SHOTS Act of 2021

Saving Hypodermic Injections and Offering vaccines to Taxpayers Swiftly Act of 2021 or the SHOTS Act of 2021

This bill prohibits any alien who is not a lawful permanent resident from receiving a COVID-19 vaccine until the earlier of (1) the date when all U.S. nationals and lawful permanent residents who wish to receive a vaccine have been fully vaccinated, or (2) December 31, 2021.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2658 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2658

  To clarify that aliens who are not lawfully admitted for permanent 
residence in the United States may not be vaccinated until nationals of 
 the United States and aliens who are lawfully admitted for permanent 
 residence in the United States are fully vaccinated for COVID-19, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 19, 2021

   Mr. Keller (for himself, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, and Ms. Mace) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To clarify that aliens who are not lawfully admitted for permanent 
residence in the United States may not be vaccinated until nationals of 
 the United States and aliens who are lawfully admitted for permanent 
 residence in the United States are fully vaccinated for COVID-19, 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 ``Saving Hypodermic Injections and 
Offering vaccines to Taxpayers Swiftly Act of 2021'' or the ``SHOTS Act 
of 2021''.

SEC. 2. COVID-19 VACCINE PRIORITY FOR NATIONALS OF THE UNITED STATES 
              AND ALIENS LAWFULLY ADMITTED FOR PERMANENT RESIDENCE.

    (a) In General.--An alien who is not lawfully admitted for 
permanent residence in the United States may not be vaccinated for 
COVID-19 until the date on which all nationals of the United States (as 
such term is defined in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101)) seeking such a vaccine and aliens who are lawfully 
admitted for permanent residence in the United States on the date of 
enactment of this Act seeking such a vaccine are fully vaccinated for 
COVID-19.
    (b) Rulemaking; Guidance.--
            (1) Rulemaking.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and 
        the Head of any other applicable Federal agency, shall issue 
        interim final rules to carry out this Act.
            (2) Guidance.--The Secretary of Homeland Security, and the 
        head of any other applicable Federal agency, shall amend 
        applicable guidance to reflect the priority described in 
        subsection (a).
    (c) Sunset.--This Act shall sunset on the earlier of--
            (1) the date on which the President certifies to Congress 
        that the requirement under subsection (a) has been fulfilled; 
        and
            (2) December 31, 2021.
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