I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6829 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to limit the authority of the Depart-
ment of Health and Human Services to regulate interstate commerce 
relating to communicable diseases, to amend title 49, United States 
Code, to limit the authority of the Federal Aviation Administration 
to regulate air commerce relating to communicable diseases, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 25, 2022 
Mr. BROOKS (for himself, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. PERRY, 
Mr. MAST, Mr. BABIN, Mr. TIFFANY, Mrs. MILLER of Illinois, and Mr. 
DONALDS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to limit the author-
ity of the Department of Health and Human Services 
to regulate interstate commerce relating to communicable 
diseases, to amend title 49, United States Code, to limit 
the authority of the Federal Aviation Administration to 
regulate air commerce relating to communicable diseases, 
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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Freedom to Fly 
Maskless Act of 2022’’. 
SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON QUARANTINE REGULATIONS. 
Section 361 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 264) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘Except as 
provided in subsection (d), regulations prescribed’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Regulations prescribed’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (d); 
(3) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub-
section (d); and 
(4) after making such redesignation, by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) Notwithstanding subsection (a), and subject to 
subsection (c), nothing in this section authorizes requiring 
individuals— 
‘‘(1) to undergo screening, testing, or treat-
ment, including vaccination; 
‘‘(2) to quarantine or isolate; or 
‘‘(3) to wear face coverings.’’. 
SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON AIR COMMERCE SAFETY REGULA-
TIONS. 
Section 44701 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(g) PROHIBITION ON REGULATIONS RELATING TO 
CERTAIN HEALTH REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsection 
(a)(5), the Administrator may not prescribe any reg-
ulations or minimum standards for safety in air 
commerce that require an individual to— 
‘‘(A) undergo screening, testing, or treat-
ment, including vaccination, for any commu-
nicable disease; 
‘‘(B) quarantine or isolate as a result of 
exposure, or potential exposure, to a commu-
nicable disease; or 
‘‘(C) wear a face covering. 
‘‘(2) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 
‘air commerce’ has the meaning given such term in 
section 40102 but does not include foreign air com-
merce.’’. 
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