No Mask Mandate for Kids Act

Bill: 117-hr-2175
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2]
Introduced: 2021-03-23
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health

Child health

Child safety and welfare

Community life and organization

Emergency medical services and trauma care

Infectious and parasitic diseases
Latest action: action_date: 2021-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-03-23
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>No Mask Mandate for Kids Act</strong></p> <p>This bill prohibits executive branch agencies from imposing any requirement for masks to be worn in or on (1) airports; (2) commercial aircraft; (3) trains; (4) public maritime vessels, including ferries; (5) intercity bus services; and (6) all forms of public transportation.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2175 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 23, 2021 Mr. Stewart introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To prohibit certain heads of Federal agencies and Administrations from imposing a mask requirement on certain domestic transportation, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Mask Mandate for Kids Act . 2. Prohibition on mask requirement on certain domestic modes of transportation (a) Findings Congress finds the following: (1) There has been no reasonable scientific backing to support the Federal requirement that children wear masks. (2) Any directives regarding the wearing of masks should be decided by industries, States, and localities. (b) Restriction Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Transportation (including through the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration), the Secretary of Homeland Security (including through the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration and the Commandant of the United States Coast Guard), and the heads of any other executive departments and agencies that have relevant regulatory authority may not impose any requirement for masks to be worn in or on— (1) airports; (2) commercial aircraft; (3) trains; (4) public maritime vessels, including ferries; (5) intercity bus services; and (6) all forms of public transportation (as such term is defined in section 5302 of title 49, United States Code).