Putting an End to COVID Tyranny

Thomas R. Bradbury
Dec 4, 2023
2 min read

This week, Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) introduced the "End COVID Tyranny Act," comprehensive legislation aimed at reforming the oversight of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The objective is to limit the authority of these government agencies, preventing them from imposing draconian measures in the future. Read more in the New York Post:

“Mandates, vaccine passports, forced lockdowns, and further overreach imposed by Joe Biden and his army of federal bureaucrats during the COVID pandemic set an extremely dangerous precedent that still persists to this day,” -Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO)

Details:

Limits public health powers:

Bans Mask Mandates for Head Start Programs.
Limits the scope of public health authorities to disease control.
Prevents vaccine status from effecting eligibility for organ transplantation.
Requires congressional approval for public health emergencies lasting longer than ninety days.
Requires hospitals to inform patients of their visitation rights.

Reforms the CDC And NIH:

Requires immediate congressional; appointment of the CDC Director and adds term limits for the CDC and NIH Directors.
Ensures public health authorities are only used for disease control and not for non-health related administrative overreach.
Requires the CSC Director’s Advisory Committee members be appointed by Congressional leadership and the Comptroller General of the United States.
Transfers non-disease control offices from the CDC to the NIH.
Requires all NIH-funded foreign laboratories to meet the same animal welfare and cleanliness requirements as domestic laboratories to qualify for NIH funds.

"Sen. Eric Schmitt’s ‘End COVID Tyranny Act' is necessary legislation to prevent wannabe tyrants like the next Anthony Fauci from creating new mask mandates on preschoolers, discriminating against those who said no to the COVID jab, and from installing never-ending lockdowns and emergencies.” – CPAC Chairman Matt Schlapp

CPAC strongly supports this measure and will mobilize our grassroots activists to encourage their Senators to co-sponsor this legislation.