[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 22 (Thursday, February 4, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8217-8219]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-02359]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

[Docket No. DHS-2021-0006]


Determination of a National Emergency Requiring Actions To 
Protect the Safety of Americans Using and Employed by the 
Transportation System

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In consultation with public health officials and consistent 
with the January 21, 2021 Executive Order on Promoting COVID-19 Safety 
in Domestic and International Travel and the January 29, 2021 Order by 
the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announcing a 
requirement for persons to wear masks while on conveyances and at 
transportation hubs, the Acting Secretary of Homeland Security on 
January 27, 2021, issued a Declaration of a National Emergency 
Requiring Actions to Protect the Safety of Americans Using and Employed 
by the Transportation System (``declaration''). The declaration finds 
that a national emergency exists and directs the Transportation 
Security Administration to take certain actions to promote safety in 
and to secure the transportation system and to mitigate the spread of 
COVID-19 through the transportation system. The text of the declaration 
is set out below.

Christina E. McDonald,
Federal Register Liaison, U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
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