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H.R. 81 119th Congress House

Travel Mask Mandate Repeal Act of 2025

Official title: To prohibit the imposition of mask mandates on public transportation.

Introduced: January 3, 2025 Introduced by: Andy Biggs Republican · Arizona See on congress.gov
Transportation and Public Works Aviation and airportsCardiovascular and respiratory healthEmergency medical services and trauma careHealth promotion and preventive care
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Jan 4, 2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Jan 3, 2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security.
Jan 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.
Jan 3, 2025
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Travel Mask Mandate Repeal Act of 2025

This bill prohibits federal agencies from imposing a mandate related to COVID-19 that requires the use of face masks on conveyances (e.g., planes, trains, and buses) and at transportation hubs.

Further, the bill nullifies (1) the emergency order issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on January 29, 2021, that mandates such use of face masks on public and commercial conveyances and at transportation hubs, and (2) orders and directives of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) that relate to the CDC order.

As background, the CDC and TSA ceased enforcement of the emergency order following an April 18, 2022, court order. Further, the COVID-19 public health emergency expired on May 11, 2023.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 1
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Clyde, Andrew S.
Georgia · Jan 3, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 81: Travel Mask Mandate Repeal Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-81/
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"H.R. 81: Travel Mask Mandate Repeal Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-81/.
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H.R. 81, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-81/.
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