Let Me Travel America Act

Let Me Travel America Act

This bill prohibits operators of trains, buses, planes, and other common carriers that transport passengers interstate from denying service based on individuals' COVID-19 vaccination status. The bill also prohibits federal agencies from making COVID-19 vaccination a prerequisite for interstate travel.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5613 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5613

 To prohibit the Federal Government from mandating vaccination against 
                    COVID-19 for interstate travel.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 19, 2021

   Mr. Cawthorn (for himself, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Biggs, Ms. Tenney, Mr. 
  Steube, Mrs. Boebert, and Mr. Perry) introduced the following bill; 
  which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in 
 addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a 
 period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the Federal Government from mandating vaccination against 
                    COVID-19 for interstate travel.

    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 ``Let Me Travel America Act''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY OF SURGEON GENERAL.

    Section 361 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 264) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to provide the 
Surgeon General, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, or any 
Federal agency with the authority to mandate vaccination against 
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) as a prerequisite for interstate 
travel, transportation, or movement.''.

SEC. 3. INTERSTATE COMMON CARRIERS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 805 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 80505. COVID-19 vaccination status
    ``(a) In General.--An entity described in subsection (b) may not 
deny service to any individual solely based on the vaccination status 
of the individual with respect to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-
19).
    ``(b) Entity Described.--An entity referred to in subsection (a) is 
a common carrier or any other entity, including a rail carrier (as 
defined in section 10102, including Amtrak), a motor carrier (as 
defined in section 13102), a water carrier (as defined in that 
section), and an air carrier (as defined in section 40102), that--
            ``(1) provides interstate transportation of passengers; and
            ``(2) is subject to the jurisdiction of the Department of 
        Transportation or the Surface Transportation Board under this 
        title.
    ``(c) Savings Provision.--Nothing in this section applies to the 
regulation of intrastate travel, transportation, or movement, including 
the intrastate transportation of passengers.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 805 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 80504 the following:

``80505. COVID-19 vaccination status.''.

SEC. 4. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.

    Nothing in this Act, or an amendment made by this Act, shall be 
construed to permit or otherwise authorize Congress or an executive 
agency to enact or otherwise impose a COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
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