HR 3679 118th Congress House Transportation and Public Works

Healthy Air Travel Act

Introduced: May 25, 2023 See on congress.gov

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May 25, 2023

Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.

May 25, 2023

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Healthy Air Travel Act

This bill directs the Federal Aviation Administration to establish an interagency task force to develop and implement a strategy to identify and advance research on communicable diseases in air travel. The task force must consult with representatives from the aviation industry, health experts, and labor stakeholders in developing the strategy.

Under the bill, the term communicable disease refers to certain diseases that have the potential to cause a future epidemic or pandemic of infectious disease that would constitute a public health emergency of international concern as declared, after the date of the bill's enactment, by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

What's happening now May 25, 2023

Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.

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