# Plain Language Summary: Congressional Disapproval of COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate

This bill is Congress's way of rejecting a workplace vaccine rule that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) created during the COVID-19 pandemic. Think of it as Congress saying "we don't want this rule to exist anymore" and using a special legal process to try to undo it.

Here's what actually happened: OSHA, the federal agency that sets workplace safety rules, created an emergency rule requiring large employers to either make their workers get vaccinated against COVID-19 or get tested regularly. This bill is Congress's attempt to cancel that rule and make it go away. If this bill passes, employers would no longer be required to follow OSHA's vaccine and testing requirements.

Who this affects depends on where you work. If you work for a large company (the rule applied to businesses with 100 or more employees), this could mean your employer wouldn't have to enforce vaccine or testing requirements anymore. If you're an employer, it means you'd have more freedom to decide your own vaccination policies without following the federal mandate. However, individual states or local governments could still create their own vaccine requirements, and some employers might choose to keep vaccine policies even without the federal requirement.

The practical impact comes down to timing and politics. This type of congressional disapproval has specific rules and deadlines, and whether it actually succeeds depends on whether enough members of Congress vote for it and whether the President signs it or vetoes it. The bill represents a fundamental disagreement about whether the federal government should mandate vaccines in workplaces during health emergencies.

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".

Gosar, Paul A.

 <p>This joint resolution nullifies an Occupational Safety and Health Administration emergency temporary standard for preventing the transmission of COVID-19 in employment settings.</p> <p>Under the standard issued on November 5, 2021, employers with 100 or more employees must require their onsite employees to either be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or undergo weekly COVID-19 testing.</p>