Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Fair Removal of Existing and Enforced Bans on Immunization Relating to Destination Act” or the “FREEBIRD Act”.
Fair Removal of Existing and Enforced Bans on Immunization Relating to Destination Act
A BILL
To terminate the requirement imposed by the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for proof of COVID–19 vaccination for foreign travelers, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Terminating CDC requirement for proof of COVID–19 vaccination for foreign travelers
In general— Beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the air travel vaccination requirement for foreign travelers shall have no force or effect.
Prohibition on funding— Beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, no Federal funds may be used to administer, implement, or enforce the air travel vaccination requirement for foreign travelers.
Air travel vaccination requirement for foreign travelers— In this Act, the term air travel vaccination requirement for foreign travelers refers to the requirement specified in—
the order issued by the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention entitled “Amended Order Implementing Presidential Proclamation on Advancing the Safe Resumption of Global Travel During the COVID–19 Pandemic” and published in the Federal Register on April 7, 2022 (87 Fed. Reg. 20405 et seq.), for proof of COVID–19 vaccination for air travelers who are covered individuals (as defined in such order); or
any successor or subsequent order of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention requiring foreign persons traveling by air to show proof of COVID–19 vaccination as a condition on entering the United States.
Sec. 3 Report
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shall submit a report to Congress on the number of visitors denied entry under the order specified in section 2(c)(1) during the period beginning on April 7, 2022, and ending on the date of the enactment of this Act.
Sec. 4 Rule of construction
Nothing in this Act may be construed to suggest that the provisions of section 2 shall effect the order issued by the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention entitled “Requirements for Negative Pre-Departure COVID–19 Test Results or Documentation of Recovery from COVID–19 for Aircraft Passengers Traveling to the United States From the People’s Republic of China” and published in the Federal Register on January 5, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 864) for proof of negative pre-departure COVID–19 test results or documentation of recovery from COVID–19 for aircraft passengers traveling to the United States from the People’s Republic of China or departing from a designated airport (as defined in such order) if such passenger has been in the People’s Republic of China within the 10 days prior to departure for the United States.