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Calendar No. 356 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4088 

To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from lessening 

the stringency of, and to prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security 

from ceasing or lessening implementation of, the COVID–19 border 

health provisions through the end of the COVID–19 pandemic, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 26, 2022 

Mr. CRUZ introduced the following bill; which was read the first time 

APRIL 27, 2022 

Read the second time and placed on the calendar 

A BILL 

To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services 

from lessening the stringency of, and to prohibit the 

Secretary of Homeland Security from ceasing or lessening implementation of, the COVID–19 border health 

provisions through the end of the COVID–19 pandemic, 

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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Americans 

3 from Unnecessary Spread upon Entry from COVID–19 

4 Act of 2022’’ or the ‘‘PAUSE Act of 2022’’. 

5 SEC. 2. MAINTAINING THE STRINGENCY OF COVID–19 BOR6 DER HEALTH PROVISIONS THROUGH THE 

7 END OF THE PANDEMIC. 

8 (a) HHS.—The Secretary of Health and Human 

9 Services shall not remove, or lessen the stringency of, the 

10 COVID–19 border health provisions unless and until— 

11 (1) the public health emergency declared for 

12 COVID–19 under section 319 of the Public Health 

13 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d), including renewals 

14 thereof, is no longer in effect; 

15 (2) the public health emergencies declared for 

16 COVID–19 by all States, including renewals thereof, 

17 are no longer in effect; and 

18 (3) the Director of the Centers for Disease 

19 Control and Prevention reduces the travelers’ health 

20 risk level for introducing, transmitting, and spread21 ing COVID–19 in or from Canada and Mexico to 

22 Level 1. 

23 (b) HOMELAND SECURITY.—The Secretary of Home24 land Security shall not cease or lessen the implementation 

25 of the COVID–19 border health provisions unless and 

26 until each of the conditions listed in subsection (a) is met. 


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1 (c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘COVID– 

2 19 border health provisions’’ means the restrictions estab3 lished under part G of title III of the Public Health Serv4 ice Act (42 U.S.C. 264 et seq.; relating to quarantine and 

5 inspection) to prevent the introduction, transmission, or 

6 spread of COVID–19 from one or more foreign countries 

7 into the United States, including the order titled ‘‘Order 

8 under Sections 362 & 365 of the Public Health Service 

9 Act (42 U.S.C. 265, 268): Order Suspending the Right 

10 To Introduce Certain Persons from Countries Where a 

11 Quarantinable Communicable Disease Exists’’ issued by 

12 the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Pre13 vention on October 13, 2020. 


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Calendar No. 356 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4088 

A BILL 

To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human 

purposes. end of the COVID–19 pandemic, and for other COVID–19 border health provisions through the from ceasing or lessening implementation of, the prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security Services from lessening the stringency of, and to 

APRIL 27, 2022 

Read the second time and placed on the calendar 


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