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Travel Mask Mandate Repeal Act of 2025
To prohibit the imposition of mask mandates on public transportation.
Summary
This bill prohibits the federal government from imposing mask-wearing requirements related to COVID-19 on public transportation, including on airplanes, buses, trains, and at transportation hubs. It repeals the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention order issued in January 2021 that established mask requirements on conveyances and transportation hubs. The bill also voids related Transportation Security Administration orders and directives related to mask mandates. Effective upon enactment, no federal agency can implement mask requirements for public transportation.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5] (R-AZ)
1 cosponsor
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Andy Biggs’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- SAULSBURY INDUSTRIES $9,900
- 21ST CENTURY HEALTHCARE $7,500
- ULINE $6,600
- TW LEWIS COMPANY $6,600
- LEE BENSON $6,600
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Andy Biggs → · Outside spending →
Actions (4)
- Jan 4, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. · house
- Jan 3, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security. · house
- Jan 3, 2025 Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Homeland Security, 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. · house
- Jan 3, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 3, 2025
Mr. Biggs of Arizona (for himself and Mr. Clyde) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Homeland Security, 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
A BILL
To prohibit the imposition of mask mandates on public transportation.
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 “Travel Mask Mandate Repeal Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN MASK MANDATES.
(a) In General.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal agency shall impose any Federal requirement related to COVID-19 that an individual wear a face mask when utilizing any conveyance (as defined in section 70.1 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation) or transportation hub.
(b) Limitation on Existing Orders.—Effective on the date of enactment of this Act, the order issued on January 29, 2021, by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under section 361 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 264) establishing a requirement for persons to wear masks while on conveyances and at transportation hubs, as well as any other related order, directive, and emergency amendment of the Transportation Security Administration (including those described in EA 1546-21-01A, SD 1542-21-01A, SD 1544-21-02A, SD 1582-84-21-01A, EA 1546-21-01, SD 1542-21-01, SD 1544-21-02, and SD 1582/84-21-01) shall have no force or effect. <all>
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