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118THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. 208
To establish a procedure for terminating a determination by Surgeon General
to suspend certain entries and imports from designated places.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
FEBRUARY1, 2023
Mr. L
ANKFORD(for himself, Ms. SINEMA, Mr. KELLY, Mr. THUNE, Mr.
M
ANCHIN, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. TESTER, Ms. HASSAN, and Mr. TILLIS) in-
troduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Com-
mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
A BILL
To establish a procedure for terminating a determination
by Surgeon General to suspend certain entries and im-
ports from designated places.
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 ‘‘Public Health and Bor-4
der Security Act of 2023’’. 5
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SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF SUSPENSION OF ENTRIES AND 1
IMPORTS FROM DESIGNATED PLACES RE-2
LATED TO THE COVID–19 PANDEMIC. 3
(a) I
NGENERAL.—An order of suspension issued 4
under section 362 of the Public Health Service Act (42 5
U.S.C. 265) as a result of the public health emergency 6
relating to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19) 7
pandemic declared under section 319 of such Act (42 8
U.S.C. 247d) on January 31, 2020, and any continuation 9
of such declaration (including the continuation described 10
in Proclamation 9994 on February 24, 2021), shall be lift-11
ed not earlier than 60 days after the date on which the 12
Surgeon General provides written notification to the ap-13
propriate authorizing and appropriating committees of 14
Congress that such public health emergency declaration 15
(including the continuation described in Proclamation 16
9994 on February 24, 2021) have been terminated. 17
(b) P
ROCEDURES DURING60-DAYTERMINATION 18
W
INDOW.— 19
(1) P
LAN.—Not later than 30 days after the 20
date on which a written notification is provided 21
under subsection (a) with respect to an order of sus-22
pension, the Surgeon General, in consultation with 23
the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the head of 24
any other Federal agency, State, local or Tribal gov-25
ernment, or nongovernmental organization that has 26
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a role in managing outcomes associated with the 1
suspension, as determined by the Surgeon General 2
(or the designee of the Surgeon General), shall de-3
velop and submit to the appropriate committees of 4
Congress, a plan to address any possible influx of 5
entries or imports, as defined in such order of sus-6
pension, related to the termination of such order. 7
(2) F
AILURE TO SUBMIT .—If a plan under 8
paragraph (1) is not submitted to the appropriate 9
committees of Congress within the 30-day period de-10
scribed in such paragraph, not later than 7 days 11
after the expiration of such 30-day period, the Sec-12
retary shall notify the appropriate committees of 13
Congress, in writing, of the status of preparing such 14
a plan and the timing for submission as required 15
under paragraph (1). The termination of order re-16
lated to such plan shall be delayed until that date 17
that is 30 days after the date on which such plan 18
is submitted to such committees. 19
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