---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 U.S.C. § 41729"
title: "49"
title_heading: "Transportation"
number: "41729"
heading: "COVID–19 vaccination status"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/49/41729"
units:
  - "Subtitle VII — Aviation Programs"
  - "Part A — Air Commerce and Safety"
  - "Subpart ii — economic regulation"
  - "Chapter 417 — Operations of Carriers"
  - "Subchapter I — Requirements"
---

# §41729. COVID–19 vaccination status

- (a) **In General.—** An [air carrier](/usc/49/40102.md?p=a-2) (as such term is defined in [section 40102](/usc/49/40102.md)) may not deny service to any individual solely based on the vaccination status of the individual with respect to COVID–19.
- (b) **Rule of Construction.—** Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to the regulation of intrastate travel, transportation, or movement, including the intrastate transportation of passengers.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 118–63, title XI, § 1107(a), May 16, 2024, 138 Stat. 1417.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section 1107(a) of Pub. L. 118–63, which directed the addition of this section at end of this chapter, was executed by adding this section at the end of subchapter I of this chapter to reflect the probable intent of Congress.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Rule of Construction

Pub. L. 118–63, title XI, § 1107(c), May 16, 2024, 138 Stat. 1417, provided that: “Nothing in this section [enacting this section], or the amendment made by this section, shall be construed to permit or otherwise authorize an executive agency to enact or otherwise impose a COVID–19 vaccine mandate.”