118th Congress Transportation and Public Works
H.R. 3679: Healthy Air Travel Act
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Summary
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.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
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Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Don Bacon R-NEOriginal
- André Carson D-INOriginal
- Lori Chavez-DeRemer R-OROriginal
- Brian Fitzpatrick R-PAOriginal
- Henry Johnson D-GAOriginal
- Eleanor Norton D-DCOriginal
- Dina Titus D-NVOriginal
- Raúl Grijalva D-AZ
- Jill Tokuda D-HI
- Bonnie Watson Coleman D-NJ
- Marcus Molinaro R-NY
- Colin Allred D-TX
- Michael Lawler R-NY
- Michael Turner R-OH
Who scored on this bill
- 1Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced2 events+6
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History
- Introduced in the House by Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick.
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- Introduced in House
- Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.