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