To prohibit the Secretary of Transportation, acting through the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, from setting a requirement that air carriers and foreign air carriers must require an individual to test negative for COVID-19 to travel in air transportation on an air carrier, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-906
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2021-02-08
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports

Cardiovascular and respiratory health

Emergency medical services and trauma care

Infectious and parasitic diseases

Medical tests and diagnostic methods

Transportation safety and security
Latest action: action_date: 2021-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-02-08
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill prohibits the Federal Aviation Administration from setting a requirement that air carriers and foreign air carriers must require a passenger to test negative for COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) to travel domestically on such carriers.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 906 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 8, 2021 Mr. Biggs introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To prohibit the Secretary of Transportation, acting through the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, from setting a requirement that air carriers and foreign air carriers must require an individual to test negative for COVID–19 to travel in air transportation on an air carrier, and for other purposes.

1. Prohibition on requiring COVID–19 testing to fly The Secretary of Transportation, acting through the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, may not set a requirement that air carriers and foreign air carriers must require an individual to test negative for COVID–19 to travel in air transportation on an air carrier departing from an airport in the United States or a territory of the United States and landing at another airport in the United States or a territory of the United States.