[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 93 (Monday, May 15, 2023)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 30889-30890]
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[FR Doc No: 2023-10406]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 88 , No. 93 / Monday, May 15, 2023 /
Presidential Documents
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Title 3--
The President
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Proclamation 10575 of May 9, 2023
Revoking the Air Travel COVID-19 Vaccination
Requirement
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Today, we are in a different phase of the response to
the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic than
we were in October 2021, when I issued Proclamation
10294 of October 25, 2021 (Advancing the Safe
Resumption of Global Travel During the COVID-19
Pandemic). At the time, new variants of SARS-CoV-2, the
virus that causes COVID-19, had emerged globally and my
Administration was responding to variants that were
more transmissible or caused more severe disease than
the original virus strain. Consistent with guidance
from our public health experts, I determined that it
was in the interests of the United States to adopt an
international air travel policy that relied primarily
on vaccination to limit the risk that the COVID-19
virus, including variants of that virus, would be
introduced, transmitted, and spread into and throughout
the United States.
Now, we have successfully marshaled a whole-of-
government response to make historic investments in
broadly accessible vaccines, tests, and therapeutics to
help us combat COVID-19. Our public health experts have
issued guidance that allows all travelers to understand
mitigation measures to protect themselves and those
around them. Our healthcare system and public health
resources throughout the country are now better able to
respond to any potential surge of COVID-19 cases
without significantly affecting access to resources or
care. Globally, COVID-19 cases and deaths are at their
lowest levels since the start of the pandemic. As we
continue to monitor the evolving state of COVID-19 and
the emergence of virus variants, we have the tools to
detect and respond to the potential emergence of a
variant of high consequence. Considering the progress
that we have made, and based on the latest guidance
from our public health experts, I have determined that
we no longer need the international air travel
restrictions that I imposed in October 2021.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of
the United States, by the authority vested in me by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, including sections 212(f) and 215(a) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. 1182(f) and
1185(a), hereby find that, except as provided in any
other applicable proclamation, the unrestricted entry
of persons described in section 2 of Proclamation 10294
is no longer detrimental to the interests of the United
States. I therefore hereby proclaim the following:
Section 1. Revocation. Proclamation 10294, except
sections 1, 6, 7, and 8 thereof, is revoked.
Sec. 2. Review of Agency Actions. The Secretary of
State, the Secretary of Health and Human Services
(including through the Director of the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention), the Secretary of
Transportation, and the Secretary of Homeland Security
shall review any regulations, orders, guidance
documents, policies, and any other similar agency
actions developed pursuant to Proclamation 10294 and,
as appropriate, shall consider revising or revoking
these agency actions consistent with the policy set
forth in this proclamation.
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Sec. 3. Effective Date. This proclamation is effective
at 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on May 12, 2023.
Sec. 4. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this
proclamation shall be construed to impair or otherwise
affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This proclamation shall be implemented consistent with applicable law
and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This proclamation is not intended to, and does not, create any right or
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any
party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities,
its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
ninth day of May, in the year of our Lord two thousand
twenty-three, and of the Independence of the United
States of America the two hundred and forty-seventh.
(Presidential Sig.)
[FR Doc. 2023-10406
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