Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73
§1580a Emergency essential employees: notification of required participation in anthrax vaccine immunization program
Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle A— - General Military Law › Part PART II— - PERSONNEL › Chapter CHAPTER 81— - CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES › § 1580a
Summary
The Secretary of Defense must make rules so civilian Department of Defense workers called emergency-essential who must join the anthrax vaccine program are told they must participate and told what happens if they refuse, and people being considered for those jobs must be told about the requirement before a job offer.
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Title 10, §1580a
Armed Forces — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The Secretary of Defense shall—
(1)prescribe regulations for the purpose of ensuring that any civilian employee of the Department of Defense who is determined to be an emergency essential employee and who is required to participate in the anthrax vaccine immunization program is notified of the requirement to participate in the program and the consequences of a decision not to participate; and
(2)ensure that any individual who is being considered for a position as such an employee is notified of the obligation to participate in the program before being offered employment in such position.
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10 U.S.C. § 1580a
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73