Freedom to Fly Act

Bill: 117-hr-4296
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Rutherford, John H. [R-FL-4]
Introduced: 2021-07-01
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Aviation and airports

Department of Homeland Security

Health information and medical records

Immunology and vaccination

Infectious and parasitic diseases

Transportation safety and security
Latest action: action_date: 2021-07-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-07-01
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Freedom to Fly Act</strong></p> <p>This bill prohibits regulations or policies that allow employees of the Transportation Security Administration to ask passengers flying domestically about vaccinations.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4296 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 1, 2021 Mr. Rutherford introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security A BILL To prohibit the Transportation Security Administration from asking passengers on domestic flights for information regarding vaccinations.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Freedom to Fly Act . 2. Prohibition on requesting vaccination information from passengers on domestic flights (a) In general The Secretary of Homeland Security and the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration may not prescribe or implement any regulation or policy that would allow employees of the Transportation Security Administration to request information relating to vaccinations from any passenger traveling on a flight between States or territories or possessions of the United States. (b) Rule of construction Subsection (a) does not limit the authority of the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to issue guidance or prescribe regulations relating to public health.