Bill · H.R. 81· House(119-HR-81)
Travel Mask Mandate Repeal Act of 2025
- Introduced
- 1/3/2025
- Last activity
- 1/4/2025 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
- Sponsored by
- Andy Biggs
- Cosponsors
- - 1 - 0
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
This bill, titled the "Travel Mask Mandate Repeal Act of 2025," aims to prevent federal agencies from requiring face masks during travel. It specifically prohibits any federal requirement related to COVID-19 that mandates wearing a mask while using a conveyance or at a transportation hub. Additionally, the Act is designed to nullify existing orders from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and various directives from the Transportation Security Administration.
Yes
Would people in cities be better off under this?+1
The bill removes mandates that affect travelers using major public transportation hubs often found in urban areas.
Does this improve buses, trains and other public transport?+1
The bill removes personal health requirements for individuals using conveyances and transportation hubs.
The opposite
Does this make the country readier for the next outbreak?-3
The bill eliminates federal mask mandates that were utilized as a tool for pandemic preparedness and disease mitigation during COVID-19.
Does this make health care easier to get in general?-2
The bill removes federal requirements for face masks in transportation hubs, which may impact public health measures used to manage infectious diseases.
Does this give the federal government more power?-2
The bill restricts the authority of federal agencies like the CDC and TSA to impose mask mandates.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Elimination of Mask Requirements: No Federal agency will be able to require an individual to wear a face mask when using a conveyance or a transportation hub (Section 2(a)).
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Nullification of Existing Orders: The Act ensures that the January 29, 2021, order from the CDC and various related TSA orders, directives, and emergency amendments will have no force or effect (Section 2(b)).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- No negative impacts or burdens are explicitly mentioned in the provided text.
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Healthcare
- Improves Pandemic Preparedness-3Improves Healthcare Access-2
- Governance And Ideology
- Increases Federal Power-2
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Good For Urban Residents+1
- Environment Energy And Infrastructure
- Improves Public Transit+1
- 1/4/2025
- Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
- 1/3/2025
- Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security.
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- Introduced in House
Andrew ClydeRepublican · Georgia