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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 641 

To terminate the requirement imposed by the Director of the Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention for proof of COVID–19 vaccination for 

foreign travelers, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 2, 2023 

Mr. LEE (for himself, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. DAINES, Mr. RUBIO, Mr. SCOTT

of Florida, Mr. RICKETTS, and Ms. LUMMIS) introduced the following 

bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To terminate the requirement imposed by the Director of 

the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for proof 

of COVID–19 vaccination for foreign travelers, and for 

other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fair Removal of Exist5 ing and Enforced Bans on Immunization Relating to Des6 tination Act’’ or the ‘‘FREEBIRD Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. TERMINATING CDC REQUIREMENT FOR PROOF OF 

2 COVID–19 VACCINATION FOR FOREIGN TRAV3 ELERS. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on the date of the en5 actment of this Act, the air travel vaccination requirement 

6 for foreign travelers shall have no force or effect. 

7 (b) PROHIBITION ON FUNDING.—Beginning on the 

8 date of the enactment of this Act, no Federal funds may 

9 be used to administer, implement, or enforce the air travel 

10 vaccination requirement for foreign travelers. 

11 (c) AIR TRAVEL VACCINATION REQUIREMENT FOR

12 FOREIGN TRAVELERS.—In this Act, the term ‘‘air travel 

13 vaccination requirement for foreign travelers’’ refers to the 

14 requirement specified in— 

15 (1) the order issued by the Director of the Cen16 ters for Disease Control and Prevention entitled 

17 ‘‘Amended Order Implementing Presidential Procla18 mation on Advancing the Safe Resumption of Global 

19 Travel During the COVID–19 Pandemic’’ and pub20 lished in the Federal Register on April 7, 2022 (87 

21 Fed. Reg. 20405 et seq.), for proof of COVID–19 

22 vaccination for air travelers who are covered individ23 uals (as defined in such order); or 

24 (2) any successor or subsequent order of the 

25 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention requir26 ing foreign persons traveling by air to show proof of 


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1 COVID–19 vaccination as a condition on entering 

2 the United States. 

3 SEC. 3. REPORT. 

4 Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact5 ment of this Act, the Director of the Centers for Disease 

6 Control and Prevention shall submit a report to Congress 

7 on the number of visitors denied entry under the order 

8 specified in section 2(c)(1) during the period beginning on 

9 April 7, 2022, and ending on the date of the enactment 

10 of this Act. 

11 SEC. 4. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 

12 Nothing in this Act may be construed to suggest that 

13 the provisions of section 2 shall effect the order issued 

14 by the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and 

15 Prevention entitled ‘‘Requirements for Negative Pre-De16 parture COVID–19 Test Results or Documentation of Re17 covery from COVID–19 for Aircraft Passengers Traveling 

18 to the United States From the People’s Republic of 

19 China’’ and published in the Federal Register on January 

20 5, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 864) for proof of negative pre-de21 parture COVID–19 test results or documentation of recov22 ery from COVID–19 for aircraft passengers traveling to 

23 the United States from the People’s Republic of China or 

24 departing from a designated airport (as defined in such 

25 order) if such passenger has been in the People’s Republic 


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1 of China within the 10 days prior to departure for the 

2 United States. 

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