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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 125 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To prohibit the imposition of mask mandates on public transportation. |
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| 6 | 6 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 7 | 7 | | JANUARY9, 2023 |
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| 8 | 8 | | Mr. B |
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| 9 | 9 | | IGGSintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee |
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| 10 | 10 | | on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees |
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| 11 | 11 | | on Energy and Commerce, and Homeland Security, for a period to be |
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| 12 | 12 | | subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration |
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| 13 | 13 | | of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee con- |
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| 14 | 14 | | cerned |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL |
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| 16 | 16 | | To prohibit the imposition of mask mandates on public |
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| 17 | 17 | | transportation. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Travel Mask Mandate 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Repeal Act of 2023’’. 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN MASK MANDATES. 6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | (a) I |
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| 25 | 25 | | NGENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-7 |
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| 26 | 26 | | sion of law, no Federal agency shall impose any Federal 8 |
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| 27 | 27 | | requirement related to COVID–19 that an individual wear 9 |
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| 30 | 30 | | •HR 125 IH |
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| 31 | 31 | | a face mask when utilizing any conveyance (as defined in 1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | section 70.1 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations, or 2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | any successor regulation) or transportation hub. 3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (b) L |
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| 35 | 35 | | IMITATION ONEXISTINGORDERS.—Effective 4 |
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| 36 | 36 | | on the date of enactment of this Act, the order issued on 5 |
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| 37 | 37 | | January 29, 2021, by the Centers for Disease Control and 6 |
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| 38 | 38 | | Prevention under section 361 of the Public Health Service 7 |
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| 39 | 39 | | Act (42 U.S.C. 264) establishing a requirement for per-8 |
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| 40 | 40 | | sons to wear masks while on conveyances and at transpor-9 |
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| 41 | 41 | | tation hubs, as well as any other related order, directive, 10 |
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| 42 | 42 | | and emergency amendment of the Transportation Security 11 |
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| 43 | 43 | | Administration (including those described in EA 1546– 12 |
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| 44 | 44 | | 21–01A, SD 1542–21–01A, SD 1544–21–02A, SD 1582– 13 |
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| 45 | 45 | | 84–21–01A, EA 1546–21–01, SD 1542–21–01, SD 14 |
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| 46 | 46 | | 1544–21–02, and SD 1582/84–21–01) shall have no force 15 |
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| 47 | 47 | | or effect. 16 |
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