Title: To prohibit airlines and Amtrak from conditioning the provision of transportation services to any individual on such individual having been vaccinated against COVID-19, and for other purposes.
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
This bill directs the Federal Aviation Administration to prohibit air carriers and the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) from denying an individual air or passenger rail transportation because such individual has not been vaccinated against COVID-19.
Additionally, the bill prohibits the obligation or expenditure of federal funds (1) to create a database of individuals who have been vaccinated against COVID-19; or (2) by any federal agency to develop, implement, or enforce any federal law, rule, regulation, guidance, or policy denying individuals access to transportation or preventing such individual from traveling because they have not been vaccinated against COVID-19.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2323 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2323

  To prohibit airlines and Amtrak from conditioning the provision of 
  transportation services to any individual on such individual having 
       been vaccinated against COVID-19, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 1, 2021

 Mr. LaMalfa introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the 
   Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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 prohibit airlines and Amtrak from conditioning the provision of 
  transportation services to any individual on such individual having 
       been vaccinated against COVID-19, 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. CERTAIN COVID VACCINATION REQUIREMENTS PROHIBITED.

    (a) Airlines.--The Secretary of Transportation, acting through the 
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, shall prohibit 
air carriers (as such term is defined in section 40102(a) of title 49, 
United States Code) from denying an individual air transportation 
solely because such individual has not been vaccinated against COVID-
19.
    (b) Amtrak.--Amtrak may not deny an individual passenger rail 
transportation solely because such individual has not been vaccinated 
against COVID-19.
    (c) Funding Prohibitions.--No Federal funds may be obligated or 
expended--
            (1) to create, administer, or mandate the creation of a 
        database of individuals who have been vaccinated against COVID-
        19; and
            (2) by any Federal agency (as defined in section 105 of 
        title 5, United States Code) to develop, implement, or enforce 
        any Federal law, rule, regulation, guidance, or policy denying 
        any individual access to transportation or otherwise 
        restricting or preventing any individual from traveling solely 
        because such individual has not been vaccinated against COVID-
        19.
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