[20211201]LSB10662_联邦2019冠状病毒疾病疫苗接种授权和相关诉讼：概述.pdf

CRS Legal Sidebar Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress Legal SidebarLegal Sidebari i Federal COVID-19 Vaccination Mandates and Related Litigation: An Overview Updated December 1, 2021 During 2021, various federal, state, and private entities instituted Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination requirements to address the pandemic, particularly as the Delta varianta highly contagious strain of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19)spreads in the United States. The federal COVID-19 vaccination requirements issued to date by the President or executive agencies include those directed at (1) federal executive agency civilian employees; (2) federal contractors for executive departments, agencies, and offices; (3) most Medicare- and Medicaid-certified providers and suppliers; and (4) employers with 100 or more employees. These employment- or workforce-based mandatessubject to accommodations required by federal laweither directly require certain employees to receive COVID-19 vaccinations or direct certain employers to impose a vaccination or vaccination-and-testing requirement on their employees or staff. (In addition to these mandates, the Secretary of Defense has ma