No Mask Mandates Act of 2023

Subjects: Health, Administrative law and regulatory procedures, Appropriations, Cardiovascular and respiratory health, Emergency medical services and trauma care, Government buildings, facilities, and property, Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management, Health promotion and preventive care, Health technology, devices, supplies, Infectious and parasitic diseases, Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents, Public transit, Transportation safety and security

Summary:  <p><strong>No Mask Mandates Act of 2023</strong></p> <p>This bill nullifies existing federal mask mandates and prohibits future actions to require individuals to wear face masks to respond to COVID-19 and other public health emergencies.</p> <p>Specifically, the bill nullifies</p> <ul> <li>the executive order issued on January 20, 2021, that addresses the use of face masks in federal buildings and on federal lands; and</li> <li>the emergency order issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on January 29, 2021, that required the use of face masks on public transportation conveyances and in transportation hubs until the order was struck down by a court on April 18, 2022.</li> </ul> <p>In addition, the bill prohibits (1) federal agencies or offices from issuing any future orders that mandate face masks or using previously appropriated federal funds to implement or enforce masking requirements to respond to COVID-19, and (2) the Department of Health and Human Services from requiring face masks in response to any declared public health emergency.</p>

<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 172 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 172

    To terminate any existing mask mandates imposed by the Federal 
  Government, to prevent the implementation of new mask mandates, to 
          preserve individual liberty, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 31, 2023

   Mr. Cruz introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
    To terminate any existing mask mandates imposed by the Federal 
  Government, to prevent the implementation of new mask mandates, to 
          preserve individual liberty, and for other purposes.

    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 ``No Mask Mandates Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF FACE MASK ORDERS.

    (a) Termination.--Effective on the date of enactment of this Act, 
the following shall be void and have no force or effect:
            (1) Executive Order 13991 (86 Fed. Reg. 7045), issued on 
        January 20, 2021.
            (2) The order issued by the Centers for Disease Control and 
        Prevention on January 29, 2021, pursuant to section 361 of the 
        Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 264), requiring persons to 
        wear masks while on conveyances and at transportation hubs.
    (b) No Authority To Issue Subsequent Orders.--Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, no Federal agency or office may issue an order 
requiring persons to wear face masks in response to COVID-19.
    (c) No Authority To Issue Mandates in Response to a Public Health 
Emergency.--Section 361 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
264) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(f) Nothing in this section authorizes the Secretary to require 
persons to wear face masks in response to a public health emergency 
declared under section 319.''.

SEC. 3. RESTRICTIONS ON THE USE OF PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED FUNDS.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds previously 
appropriated by Congress may be used by any executive agency or 
department of the United States to develop, implement, or otherwise 
enforce any Federal rule, regulation, or order requiring persons to 
wear masks in response to COVID-19.
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