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Wear Your Mask Act

Introduced: January 19, 2021 Introduced by: Garcia, Sylvia R. Democratic · Texas See on congress.gov
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Feb 4, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Jan 19, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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.
Jan 19, 2021
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Wear Your Mask Act

This bill requires each federal agency to take action to ensure that an individual is required to wear a face mask inside a federal facility under its jurisdiction if the individual is within six feet of another individual to minimize the transmission of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).

Each agency shall make face masks available at each entrance to a federal facility at which such agency maintains a presence.

The bill terminates such requirements when the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases determines, and publishes in the Federal Register a notification, that the requirement to wear a mask is no longer necessary to prevent such transmission.

What's happening now February 4, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Democratic 9
Brown, Anthony
· Jan 19, 2021
Cárdenas, Tony
· Jan 19, 2021
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Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Jan 19, 2021
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Dingell, Debbie
Michigan · Jan 19, 2021
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Escobar, Veronica
Texas · Jan 19, 2021
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Hayes, Jahana
Connecticut · Jan 19, 2021
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Jan 19, 2021
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jan 19, 2021
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Scanlon, Mary Gay
Pennsylvania · Jan 19, 2021
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Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Jan 19, 2021
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Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Jan 19, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 348: Wear Your Mask Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-348/
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"H.R. 348: Wear Your Mask Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-348/.
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H.R. 348, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-348/.
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[H.R. 348: Wear Your Mask Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-348/)
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