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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 455 

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 

FEBRUARY 15, 2023 

Mr. MARSHALL (for himself, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. LEE, and Mr. BRAUN) 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 ‘‘Travel Freedom 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 section, the term ‘‘air 

13 travel vaccination requirement for foreign travelers’’ refers 

14 to the 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. TERMINATING REQUIREMENT FOR PROOF OF 

4 COVID–19 VACCINATION FOR FOREIGN PER5 SONS ENTERING ALONG UNITED STATES6 CANADA BORDER. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on the date of the en8 actment of this Act, the vaccination requirement for proc9 essing foreign travelers entering at land points of entry, 

10 including ferry terminals, along the United States-Canada 

11 border shall have no force or effect. 

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

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

14 be used to administer, implement, or enforce the vaccina15 tion requirement for processing foreign travelers entering 

16 at land points of entry, including ferry terminals, along 

17 the United States-Canada border. 

18 (c) VACCINATION REQUIREMENT FOR FOREIGN

19 TRAVELERS ENTERING ALONG THE UNITED STATES20 CANADA BORDER.—In this section, the term ‘‘vaccination 

21 requirement for processing foreign travelers entering at 

22 land points of entry, including ferry terminals, along the 

23 United States-Canada border’’ refers to the requirement 

24 specified in— 


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1 (1) the decision issued by the Secretary of 

2 Homeland Security and the Commissioner for U.S. 

3 Customs and Border Protection entitled ‘‘Notifica4 tion of Temporary Travel Restrictions Applicable to 

5 Land Ports of Entry and Ferries Service Between 

6 the United States and Canada’’ and published in the 

7 Federal Register on April 22, 2022 (87 Fed. Reg. 

8 24048 et seq.) for proof of COVID–19 vaccination 

9 for travelers who are covered individuals (as defined 

10 in such order); or 

11 (2) any successor or subsequent order of the 

12 Secretary of Homeland Security or the Commis13 sioner for U.S. Customs and Border Protection for 

14 the processing for entry into the United States for15 eign persons to show proof of COVID–19 vaccina16 tion as a condition on entering the United States, 

17 unless determined necessary by Congress. 

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