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Calendar No. 345 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4022 

To codify in statute the CDC title 42 expulsion order, which suspends the 

right for certain aliens to enter the United States along United States 

land borders, until February 1, 2025. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 6, 2022 

Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. TILLIS, Mr. RISCH, Mr. WICKER, Mr. DAINES, 

Mr. CRAMER, Mr. BRAUN, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. HOEVEN, and Mr. SCOTT of 

South Carolina) introduced the following bill; which was read the first 

time 

APRIL 7, 2022 

Read the second time and placed on the calendar 

A BILL 

To codify in statute the CDC title 42 expulsion order, which 

suspends the right for certain aliens to enter the United 

States along United States land borders, until February 

1, 2025. 

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. EXTENSION AND CODIFICATION OF TITLE 42 

2 EXPULSION ORDER ISSUED ON OCTOBER 13, 

3 2020. 

4 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

5 (1) On March 20, 2020, the Director of the 

6 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 

7 pursuant to sections 362 and 365 of the Public 

8 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 265 and 268), issued 

9 the Order Suspending Introduction of Certain Per10 sons from Countries Where a Communicable Disease 

11 Exists (85 Fed. Reg. 16567), which was extended on 

12 April 20, 2020, and amended on May 19, 2020. 

13 (2) On October 13, 2020, the Director of the 

14 CDC, issued a similar order (85 Fed. Reg. 65806), 

15 which continued to protect the public health from an 

16 increase in the serious danger of the introduction of 

17 COVID–19 into the United States through ports of 

18 entry. 

19 (3) On April 1, 2022, the Director of the CDC 

20 announced that the policy implemented through the 

21 orders referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2), and 

22 commonly known as the title 42 expulsion policy, 

23 would be terminated beginning May 23, 2022. 

24 (b) TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF TITLE 42 EXPUL25 SION POLICY.—Notwithstanding the Order Regarding the 

26 Right to Introduce Certain Persons From Countries 


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1 Where a Quarantinable Communicable Disease Exists, 

2 issued by the Director of the Centers for Disease Control 

3 and Prevention on April 1, 2022, the Secretary of Home4 land Security shall ensure that the following policy re5 mains in place until February 1, 2025: 

6 (1) Any person not described in paragraph (2) 

7 who is traveling through Canada or Mexico and 

8 would otherwise be introduced into a congregate set9 ting in a land or coastal port of entry or U.S. Bor10 der Patrol station at or near the United States bor11 der with Canada or with Mexico may not be placed 

12 in a congregate setting in the United States or oth13 erwise admitted into the United States. It is antici14 pated that the vast majority of such persons will be 

15 aliens who are seeking to enter the United States at 

16 a port of entry who do not have proper travel docu17 ments, aliens whose entry is otherwise contrary to 

18 the immigration laws, and aliens who are appre19 hended at or near the United States border while 

20 seeking to unlawfully enter the United States. 

21 (2) A person described in this paragraph is— 

22 (A) a United States citizen or lawful per23 manent resident; 


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1 (B) a member of the United States Armed 

2 Forces, including associated personnel, and the 

3 spouse and children of such members; or 

4 (C) a person from a foreign country who 

5 holds valid travel documents and arrives at a 

6 designated port of entry, including any person 

7 from a foreign country participating in the visa 

8 waiver program who is not subject to travel re9 strictions. 


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Calendar No. 345 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4022 

A BILL 

To codify in statute the CDC title 42 expulsion 

land borders, until February 1, 2025. to enter the United States along United States order, which suspends the right for certain aliens 

APRIL 7, 2022 

Read the second time and placed on the calendar 


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