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Calendar No. 14 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 185 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
FEBRUARY 9, 2023 
Received; read the first time 
FEBRUARY 13, 2023 
Read the second time and placed on the calendar 
AN ACT 
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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. TERMINATING CDC REQUIREMENT FOR PROOF 
OF COVID–19 VACCINATION FOR FOREIGN 
TRAVELERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on the date of the en-
actment of this Act, the air travel vaccination requirement 
for foreign travelers shall have no force or effect. 
(b) PROHIBITION ON FUNDING.—Beginning on the 
date of the enactment of this Act, no Federal funds may 
be used to administer, implement, or enforce the air travel 
vaccination requirement for foreign travelers. 
(c) AIR TRAVEL VACCINATION REQUIREMENT FOR 
FOREIGN TRAVELERS.—In this Act, the term ‘‘air travel 
vaccination requirement for foreign travelers’’ refers to the 
requirement specified in— 
(1) the order issued by the Director of the Cen-
ters for Disease Control and Prevention entitled 
‘‘Amended Order Implementing Presidential Procla-
mation on Advancing the Safe Resumption of Global 
Travel During the COVID–19 Pandemic’’ and pub-
lished in the Federal Register on April 7, 2022 (87 
Fed. Reg. 20405 et seq.), for proof of COVID–19 
vaccination for air travelers who are covered individ-
uals (as defined in such order); or 
(2) any successor or subsequent order of the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention requir-
ing foreign persons traveling by air to show proof of 
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COVID–19 vaccination as a condition on entering 
the United States. 
SEC. 2. REPORT. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Director of the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention shall submit a report to Congress 
on the number of visitors denied entry under the order 
specified in subsection (c)(1) during the period beginning 
on April 7, 2022, and ending on the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 3. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in this Act may be construed to suggest that 
the provisions of section 1 shall effect the order issued 
by the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention entitled ‘‘Requirements for Negative Pre-De-
parture COVID–19 Test Results or Documentation of Re-
covery from COVID–19 for Aircraft Passengers Traveling 
to the United States From the People’s Republic of 
China’’ and published in the Federal Register on January 
5, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 864) for proof of negative pre-de-
parture COVID–19 test results or documentation of recov-
ery from COVID–19 for aircraft passengers traveling to 
the United States from the People’s Republic of China or 
departing from a designated airport if such passenger has 
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Calendar No. 14 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 185 
AN ACT 
To terminate the requirement imposed by the Di-
rector of the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention for proof of COVID–19 vaccination 
for foreign travelers, and for other purposes. 
FEBRUARY 13, 2023 
Read the second time and placed on the calendar 
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