[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5707 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5707

     To direct the President to take action to protect against the 
 transmission of Ebola virus from individuals traveling to the United 
              States from abroad, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 13, 2014

  Mr. Yoho (for himself, Mr. Stockman, and Mr. Posey) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
     To direct the President to take action to protect against the 
 transmission of Ebola virus from individuals traveling to the United 
              States from abroad, 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 ``Ebola Response Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. PROTECTING AGAINST THE TRANSMISSION OF EBOLA FROM INDIVIDUALS 
              TRAVELING FROM ABROAD.

    (a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), the President, acting 
through the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services, shall--
            (1) prohibit any individual from entering the United States 
        for a period of 30 days following the individual's presence in 
        a country experiencing an Ebola outbreak;
            (2) before allowing any individual who is a national of a 
        country experiencing an Ebola outbreak, or has recently been 
        present in such a country, to enter the United States, ensure 
        that--
                    (A) the individual tests negative for the Ebola 
                virus by means of a serum neutralization, a polymerase 
                chain reaction (PCR), an enzyme-linked immunosorbent 
                assay (ELISA), or another diagnostic test approved by 
                the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention;
                    (B) the individual's body temperature is measured 
                as being normal; and
                    (C) one or more qualified health care professionals 
                provides written certification of the negative test 
                results under subparagraph (A) and the normal body 
                temperature measurement under subparagraph (B); and
            (3) as a condition on allowing an individual described in 
        paragraph (2) to enter the United States, require such 
        individual to submit to a 21-day period of monitoring for 
        symptoms of Ebola virus disease.
    (b) Exemptions.--The President may exempt officials, employees, and 
contractors of the Departments of State and Defense from the 
requirements of subsection (a) if the President determines that such 
Departments have sufficient measures in place to protect against the 
transmission of Ebola virus by such individuals.
    (c) Definition.--In this Act:
            (1) The term ``country experiencing an Ebola outbreak'' 
        means a country whose population is experiencing Ebola virus 
        disease in epidemic proportions, as determined by the Director 
        of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
            (2) The term ``qualified'' means recognized by the American 
        Medical Association or the Centers for Disease Control and 
        Prevention as capable of providing the written certification 
        under subsection (a)(2)(C).
            (3) The term ``normal'' means, with respect to human body 
        temperature, within 1 degree Fahrenheit of 98.6 degrees 
        Fahrenheit.
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