Title: SAFE While Traveling Act
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
Securing All Fundamental Equipment While Traveling Act or the SAFE While Traveling Act
This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security to provide all its frontline personnel, including in U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the Transportation Security Administration, with personal protective equipment such as masks, gloves, eyewear that must be worn by such personnel when interacting with members of the public for the duration of the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency and any other public health emergency.
Additionally, for the duration of the public health emergency, the Department of Transportation must direct air carriers, rail carriers, owners and operators of airports, and owners and operators of train stations to implement requirements relating to the use of personal protective equipment for its passengers, guests, and employees.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7471 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7471

To require frontline personnel of the Department of Homeland Security, 
   air carriers, rail carriers, and employees of airports and train 
 stations to wear personal protective equipment when interacting with 
             members of the public, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 1, 2020

   Mr. Rush introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the 
    Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To require frontline personnel of the Department of Homeland Security, 
   air carriers, rail carriers, and employees of airports and train 
 stations to wear personal protective equipment when interacting with 
             members of the public, 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 ``Securing All Fundamental Equipment 
While Traveling Act'' or the ``SAFE While Traveling Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO THE USE OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE 
              EQUIPMENT BY FRONTLINE PERSONNEL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 
              HOMELAND SECURITY.

    (a) Requirement.--Not later than 15 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide 
all frontline personnel of the Department of Homeland Security, 
including U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement, and the Transportation Security Administration, 
with the appropriate level of personal protective equipment, including 
masks, gloves, eyewear, and any other necessary equipment, to be worn 
by such personnel when interacting with members of the public for the 
duration of the public health emergency declared relating to COVID-19 
and any other public health emergency declared after the date of 
enactment of this Act.
    (b) Consultation.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall consult 
with the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and 
the Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health of the 
Occupational Safety and Health Administration regarding the requirement 
under subsection (a).
    (c) Definition.--In this section, the term ``frontline personnel of 
the Department of Homeland Security'' means any officer, agent, or 
employee of the Department of Homeland Security, and any private sector 
individual working pursuant to a contract or agreement with the 
Department, whose duties or responsibilities include interaction with 
members of the public.

SEC. 3. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO THE USE OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE 
              EQUIPMENT BY FRONTLINE PERSONNEL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 
              TRANSPORTATION.

    The Secretary of Transportation shall take such actions as are 
necessary to require, for the period beginning on the date of enactment 
of this Act and for the duration of the public health emergency 
declared relating to COVID-19, and for the duration of any other public 
health emergency declared after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
air carriers, rail carriers, owners and operators of airports, and 
owners and operators of train stations to--
            (1) require passengers of such air carrier or rail carrier 
        or individuals present at such airport or train station to wear 
        personal protective equipment, including masks, gloves, and 
        eyewear (as appropriate), while traveling on an aircraft or 
        train of such air carrier or rail carrier or while present at 
        an airport or train station; and
            (2) provide employees with, and require employees to wear, 
        personal protective equipment, including masks, gloves, and 
        eyewear (as appropriate), while working on an aircraft or train 
        of such air carrier or rail carrier or while working at an 
        airport or train station.
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