H.R. 5592: FREEDOM Act
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H.R. 5592: FREEDOM Act
117th Congress · introduced 2021-10-15 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2021-10-15 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Jackson, Ronny [R-TX-13] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
FREEDOM Act
Plain summary
Forbidding Repressive Executive Efforts and Denouncing Overreaching Mandates Act or the FREEDOM Act This bill requires each executive agency to report on the effects of requiring its employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and certify whether such a requirement will adversely affect the ability of the agency to carry out its mission. Specifically, such report shall include the estimated number of employees who do not intend to get vaccinated and would leave as a result, the effects on such agency's workforce and on its ability to carry out its mission, any agency plans to mitigate the loss of institutional knowledge, and estimates of how long the agency will take to fill the positions left vacant and the costs of filling such positions.
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson, Ronny [R-TX-13] · 5 cosponsors
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Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Brian Babin (R-TX), David Rouzer (R-NC), Byron Donalds (R-FL)
Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Jackson, Ronny [R-TX-13] reported raising $4.8 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117hr5592.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/hr>
Record fed-us-cong117-hr5592 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117