POLICY BRIEFINGS

Recently Introduced Health Legislation


H.R. 5892 – A bill to prohibit the denial of any Federal benefit, to which an individual is entitled by reason of service as a member of the Armed Forces, solely on the basis of the refusal of such individual to receive a vaccination against COVID-19; Sponsor: Rep. Babin, Brian [R-TX-36]; Committee: House – Oversight and Reform

H.R. 5894 – A bill to prohibit the use of Federal funds for gender transition in minors; Sponsor: Rep. Boebert, Lauren [R- CO-03]; Committee: House – Education and Labor

H.R. 5898 – A bill to protect covered entities that take measures to comply with the guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to prevent or mitigate the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-21]; Committee: House – Energy and Commerce

H.R. 5908 – A bill to provide that Executive Orders 14042 and 14043 shall have no force or effect; Sponsor: Rep. Wenstrup, Brad [R-OH-02]; Committee: House – Oversight and Reform

H.J. Res. 62 – A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the interim final rule of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration relating to ``COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing; Emergency Temporary Standard”; Sponsor: Gosar, Paul [R-AZ-04]; Committee: House – Education and Labor

H. Res. 779. A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress Disapproves of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Vaccine Mandate; Sponsor: Gibbs, Bob [R-OH-07]; Committee: House – Education and Labor

H.Res.784 — Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States recognizes the mounting personal and financial burden of diet-related disease in the United States and calls on medical schools, graduate medical education programs, and other health professional training programs to provide meaningful physician and health professional education on nutrition and diet; Sponsor: Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Ways and Means

H.Res.786 — Expressing support for the designation of November 9, 2021, as “National Microtia and Atresia Awareness Day”; Sponsor: Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.Con.Res.60 — Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States Government must take steps to end the pandemic now; Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]; Committees: House - Foreign Affairs; Ways and Means; Judiciary; Financial Services

H.R.5932 — To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for the improvement of patient safety and to reduce the incidence of injury and death from opioid-induced respiratory depression under the Medicare and Medicaid programs; Sponsor: Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce; Ways and Means

H.R.5934 — To amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to support women, infants, and children impacted by substance use disorder, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Rep. Manning, Kathy E. [D-NC-6]; Committees: House - Education and Labor

H.R.5935 — To prohibit adverse action against a member of the Armed Forces solely on the basis that such member refuses to receive a vaccination against COVID-19 or disclose whether such member has received such a vaccination; Sponsor: Rep. Mast, Brian J. [R-FL-18]; Committees: House - Armed Services

H.R.5937 — To increase language access to mental health services at certain health centers, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]; Committees: House - Energy and Commerce

H.R.5938 — To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a review on opioid overdose deaths among veterans, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Gregory [R-NC-3]; Committees: House - Veterans’ Affairs

H.R.5941 — To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for priority in the award of State home facility grants to nursing homes and domiciliaries from States that the Secretary determines have a great or significant need for beds and which are located at least 100 miles away from the nearest existing State home facility; Sponsor: Rep. O’Halleran, Tom [D- AZ-1]; Committees: House - Veterans’ Affairs

H.R.5942 — To amend title 10, United States Code, to eliminate increases in the enrollment fee requirement for TRICARE Select for certain retired members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes; Sponsor: Rep. Stauber, Pete [R-MN-8]; Committees: House - Armed Services

H.R.5947 — To amend title 38, United States Code, to assign the highest priority status for hospital care and medical services provided through the Department of Veterans Affairs to veterans who are former prisoners of war; Sponsor: Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-7]; Committees: House - Veterans’ Affairs



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