Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Freedom to Fly Maskless Act of 2022”.
Freedom to Fly Maskless Act of 2022
A BILL
To amend the Public Health Service Act to limit the authority of the Department of Health and Human Services to regulate interstate commerce relating to communicable diseases, to amend title 49, United States Code, to limit the authority of the Federal Aviation Administration to regulate air commerce relating to communicable diseases, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Limitation on quarantine regulations
Section 361 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 264) is amended—
in subsection (c), by striking “Except as provided in subsection (d), regulations prescribed” and inserting “Regulations prescribed”;
by striking subsection (d);
by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (d); and
after making such redesignation, by adding at the end the following:
“(e) Notwithstanding subsection (a), and subject to subsection (c), nothing in this section authorizes requiring individuals—
“(1) to undergo screening, testing, or treatment, including vaccination;
“(2) to quarantine or isolate; or
“(3) to wear face coverings.”
Sec. 3 Limitation on air commerce safety regulations
Section 44701 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(g) Prohibition on regulations relating to certain health requirements
“(1) In general—Notwithstanding subsection (a)(5), the Administrator may not prescribe any regulations or minimum standards for safety in air commerce that require an individual to—
“(A) undergo screening, testing, or treatment, including vaccination, for any communicable disease;
“(B) quarantine or isolate as a result of exposure, or potential exposure, to a communicable disease; or
“(C) wear a face covering.
“(2) Definition—In this subsection, the term air commerce has the meaning given such term in section 40102 but does not include foreign air commerce.”