Title: SAFER Travel Act
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
Saving Americans From Executive Reach in Travel Act or the SAFER Travel Act
This bill prohibits executive branch agencies and private entities from imposing a vaccine mandate against COVID-19 on individuals traveling within the United States on commercial public or private transportation, including air, rail, commercial motor vehicles, vessels, or other public or private forms of transportation.
Additionally, the bill prohibits executive branch agencies from requiring a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United States to enter into a period of quarantine related to COVID-19 after having traveled on any commercial public or private transportation.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6257 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6257

 To prohibit the Federal Government from imposing a vaccine mandate on 
  individuals traveling on public or private transportation for hire 
           within the United States, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 14, 2021

   Mr. Webster of Florida (for himself, Mr. Graves of Missouri, Mrs. 
  McClain, Mr. Norman, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Posey, Mr. Perry, Mrs. 
Boebert, Mr. Budd, and Mr. Gaetz) introduced the following bill; which 
   was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the Federal Government from imposing a vaccine mandate on 
  individuals traveling on public or private transportation for hire 
           within the United States, 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 ``Saving Americans From Executive 
Reach in Travel Act'' or the ``SAFER Travel Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON IMPOSITION OF FEDERAL VACCINATION REQUIREMENT 
              FOR TRAVEL.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an Executive agency (as 
defined in section 105 of title 5, United States Code) may not issue, 
implement, or enforce any regulation, requirement, guidance, or other 
directive that requires an individual to be vaccinated against COVID-19 
as a condition to travel within the United States on any commercial 
public or private transportation subject to regulation by the Federal 
Government, including air, rail, commercial motor vehicle, vessel, or 
other public or private form of transportation.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON PUBLIC AND PRIVATE VACCINATION REQUIREMENT FOR 
              TRAVEL.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no entity engaged in 
the operation of any public or private transportation for hire that is 
subject to regulation by the Federal Government may require an 
individual to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a term or condition of 
travel.

SEC. 4. PROHIBITION ON PERIOD OF MANDATORY QUARANTINE.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an Executive agency (as 
defined in section 105 of title 5, United States Code) may not issue, 
implement, or enforce any regulation, requirement, guidance, or other 
directive that requires a citizen of the United States or lawful 
permanent resident of the United States to enter into a period of 
quarantine related to COVID-19 after having traveled on any commercial 
public or private transportation subject to regulation by the Federal 
Government, including air, rail, commercial motor vehicle, vessel, or 
other such public or private transportation.
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