SHOTS Act of 2021

I 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. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES APRIL 19, 2021 Mr. KELLER (for himself, Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, and Ms. MACE) intro- duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 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 Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:46 Jun 02, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2658.IH H2658 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 2658 IH SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Saving Hypodermic 2 Injections and Offering vaccines to Taxpayers Swiftly Act 3 of 2021’’ or the ‘‘SHOTS Act of 2021’’. 4 SEC. 2. COVID–19 VACCINE PRIORITY FOR NATIONALS OF 5 THE UNITED STATES AND ALIENS LAWFULLY 6 ADMITTED FOR PERMANENT RESIDENCE. 7 (a) IN GENERAL.—An alien who is not lawfully ad- 8 mitted for permanent residence in the United States may 9 not be vaccinated for COVID–19 until the date on which 10 all nationals of the United States (as such term is defined 11 in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 12 U.S.C. 1101)) seeking such a vaccine and aliens who are 13 lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United 14 States on the date of enactment of this Act seeking such 15 a vaccine are fully vaccinated for COVID–19. 16 (b) RULEMAKING; GUIDANCE.— 17 (1) RULEMAKING.—Not later than 30 days 18 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec- 19 retary of Homeland Security, and the Head of any 20 other applicable Federal agency, shall issue interim 21 final rules to carry out this Act. 22 (2) GUIDANCE.—The Secretary of Homeland 23 Security, and the head of any other applicable Fed- 24 eral agency, shall amend applicable guidance to re- 25 flect the priority described in subsection (a). 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:46 Jun 02, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2658.IH H2658 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 2658 IH (c) SUNSET.—This Act shall sunset on the earlier 1 of— 2 (1) the date on which the President certifies to 3 Congress that the requirement under subsection (a) 4 has been fulfilled; and 5 (2) December 31, 2021. 6 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:46 Jun 02, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H2658.IH H2658 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS