Northern Border Reopening Act

Northern Border Reopening Act

This bill prohibits applying to any Canadian national any limitations or suspensions on entry into the United States that are based on a COVID-19 travel restriction.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6840 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6840

To prohibit COVID-19 travel restrictions with respect to any nationals 
                   of Canada, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 25, 2022

  Mr. Jacobs of New York (for himself, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Bergman, Mr. 
  Garbarino, Mr. Donalds, Mr. Stauber, and Mr. Zeldin) introduced the 
  following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit COVID-19 travel restrictions with respect to any nationals 
                   of Canada, 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 ``Northern Border Reopening Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING COVID-19 TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS FOR CANADIAN 
              NATIONALS.

    Notwithstanding Presidential Proclamation 10294 (86 Fed. Reg. 
59603), published October 28, 2021, relating to advancing the safe 
resumption of global travel during the COVID-19 pandemic, or any other 
provision of law, neither a suspension nor limitation on entry to the 
United States shall apply to a national of Canada based on any COVID-19 
travel restriction.
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