[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4296 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4296

  To prohibit the Transportation Security Administration from asking 
 passengers on domestic flights for information regarding vaccinations.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 1, 2021

Mr. Rutherford introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Homeland Security

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prohibit the Transportation Security Administration from asking 
 passengers on domestic flights for information regarding vaccinations.

    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 ``Freedom to Fly Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON REQUESTING VACCINATION INFORMATION FROM 
              PASSENGERS ON DOMESTIC FLIGHTS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Homeland Security and the 
Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration may not 
prescribe or implement any regulation or policy that would allow 
employees of the Transportation Security Administration to request 
information relating to vaccinations from any passenger traveling on a 
flight between States or territories or possessions of the United 
States.
    (b) Rule of Construction.--Subsection (a) does not limit the 
authority of the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention to issue guidance or prescribe regulations relating to 
public health.
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