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The bill ends federal mask requirements and enforcement in transportation—increasing personal freedom and reducing federal penalties, while raising health risks for vulnerable travelers and creating potential legal confusion and economic costs from greater viral spread.
Passengers and transportation workers are no longer required by federal law to wear masks on planes, trains, buses, or in transportation hubs, restoring individual choice about mask use during travel.
Taxpayers and travelers face reduced federal enforcement because federal agencies cannot impose penalties or administrative actions for noncompliance with mask mandates in transportation settings.
Seniors and people with chronic conditions lose federal mask protections while traveling, increasing their risk of COVID-19 exposure and severe illness.
Taxpayers and middle-class families could face higher illness-related costs and lost work if removing the federal requirement leads to increased viral transmission.
Transportation workers and local governments may face legal and operational confusion because state or private mask rules could conflict with the federal ban.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Bans federal agencies from requiring masks on conveyances or at transportation hubs and nullifies the CDC's 2021 mask requirement and related TSA directives on enactment.
Introduced January 3, 2025 by Andrew S. Biggs · Last progress January 3, 2025
Prohibits federal agencies from imposing any COVID-19–related mask requirement for individuals while using a conveyance or while at a transportation hub, and immediately nullifies the CDC’s January 29, 2021 mask requirement and specified related TSA orders, directives, and emergency amendments. The law takes effect on enactment and does not authorize new federal mask requirements for travel or at transportation hubs.