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Senate Bill 455
118th Congress(2023-2024)
Travel Freedom Act
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S. 455 (Introduced-in-Senate)


118th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 455


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.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

February 15, 2023

Mr. Marshall (for himself, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Lee, and Mr. Braun) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

A BILL

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 Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Travel Freedom Act”.

SEC. 2. Terminating CDC requirement for proof of COVID–19 vaccination for foreign travelers.

(a) In general.—Beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the air travel vaccination requirement for foreign travelers shall have no force or effect.

(b) Prohibition on funding.—Beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, no Federal funds may be used to administer, implement, or enforce the air travel vaccination requirement for foreign travelers.

(c) Air travel vaccination requirement for foreign travelers.—In this section, the term “air travel vaccination requirement for foreign travelers” refers to the requirement specified in—

(1) the order issued by the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention entitled “Amended Order Implementing Presidential Proclamation on Advancing the Safe Resumption of Global Travel During the COVID–19 Pandemic” and published in the Federal Register on April 7, 2022 (87 Fed. Reg. 20405 et seq.) for proof of COVID–19 vaccination for air travelers who are covered individuals (as defined in such order); or

(2) any successor or subsequent order of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention requiring foreign persons traveling by air to show proof of COVID–19 vaccination as a condition on entering the United States.

SEC. 3. Terminating requirement for proof of COVID–19 vaccination for foreign persons entering along United States-Canada border.

(a) In general.—Beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the vaccination requirement for processing foreign travelers entering at land points of entry, including ferry terminals, along the United States-Canada border shall have no force or effect.

(b) Prohibition on funding.—Beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, no Federal funds may be used to administer, implement, or enforce the vaccination requirement for processing foreign travelers entering at land points of entry, including ferry terminals, along the United States-Canada border.

(c) Vaccination requirement for foreign travelers entering along the United States-Canada border.—In this section, the term “vaccination requirement for processing foreign travelers entering at land points of entry, including ferry terminals, along the United States-Canada border” refers to the requirement specified in—

(1) the decision issued by the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Commissioner for U.S. Customs and Border Protection entitled “Notification of Temporary Travel Restrictions Applicable to Land Ports of Entry and Ferries Service Between the United States and Canada” and published in the Federal Register on April 22, 2022 (87 Fed. Reg. 24048 et seq.) for proof of COVID–19 vaccination for travelers who are covered individuals (as defined in such order); or

(2) any successor or subsequent order of the Secretary of Homeland Security or the Commissioner for U.S. Customs and Border Protection for the processing for entry into the United States foreign persons to show proof of COVID–19 vaccination as a condition on entering the United States, unless determined necessary by Congress.