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Calendar No. 14
118THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 185
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
FEBRUARY9, 2023
Received; read the first time
F
EBRUARY13, 2023
Read the second time and placed on the calendar
AN ACT
To terminate the requirement imposed by the Director of
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for proof
of COVID–19 vaccination for foreign travelers, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
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SECTION 1. TERMINATING CDC REQUIREMENT FOR PROOF 1
OF COVID–19 VACCINATION FOR FOREIGN 2
TRAVELERS. 3
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Beginning on the date of the en-4
actment of this Act, the air travel vaccination requirement 5
for foreign travelers shall have no force or effect. 6
(b) P
ROHIBITION ONFUNDING.—Beginning on the 7
date of the enactment of this Act, no Federal funds may 8
be used to administer, implement, or enforce the air travel 9
vaccination requirement for foreign travelers. 10
(c) A
IRTRAVELVACCINATIONREQUIREMENT FOR 11
F
OREIGNTRAVELERS.—In this Act, the term ‘‘air travel 12
vaccination requirement for foreign travelers’’ refers to the 13
requirement specified in— 14
(1) the order issued by the Director of the Cen-15
ters for Disease Control and Prevention entitled 16
‘‘Amended Order Implementing Presidential Procla-17
mation on Advancing the Safe Resumption of Global 18
Travel During the COVID–19 Pandemic’’ and pub-19
lished in the Federal Register on April 7, 2022 (87 20
Fed. Reg. 20405 et seq.), for proof of COVID–19 21
vaccination for air travelers who are covered individ-22
uals (as defined in such order); or 23
(2) any successor or subsequent order of the 24
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention requir-25
ing foreign persons traveling by air to show proof of 26
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COVID–19 vaccination as a condition on entering 1
the United States. 2
SEC. 2. REPORT. 3
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-4
ment of this Act, the Director of the Centers for Disease 5
Control and Prevention shall submit a report to Congress 6
on the number of visitors denied entry under the order 7
specified in subsection (c)(1) during the period beginning 8
on April 7, 2022, and ending on the date of the enactment 9
of this Act. 10
SEC. 3. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 11
Nothing in this Act may be construed to suggest that 12
the provisions of section 1 shall effect the order issued 13
by the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and 14
Prevention entitled ‘‘Requirements for Negative Pre-De-15
parture COVID–19 Test Results or Documentation of Re-16
covery from COVID–19 for Aircraft Passengers Traveling 17
to the United States From the People’s Republic of 18
China’’ and published in the Federal Register on January 19
5, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 864) for proof of negative pre-de-20
parture COVID–19 test results or documentation of recov-21
ery from COVID–19 for aircraft passengers traveling to 22
the United States from the People’s Republic of China or 23
departing from a designated airport if such passenger has 24
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been in the People’s Republic of China within the 10 days 1
prior to departure for the United States. 2
Passed the House of Representatives February 8,
2023.
Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON,
Clerk.
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118
TH
CONGRESS
1
ST
S
ESSION
H. R. 185
AN ACT
To terminate the requirement imposed by the Di-
rector of the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention for proof of COVID–19 vaccination
for foreign travelers, and for other purposes.
F
EBRUARY
13, 2023
Read the second time and placed on the calendar
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