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Healthy Air Travel Act

USA118th CongressHR-3679| House 
| Updated: 5/25/2023
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick

Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick

Democratic Representative

Florida

Cosponsors (14)
Raúl M. Grijalva (Democratic)Dina Titus (Democratic)Henry C. "Hank" Johnson (Democratic)Don Bacon (Republican)André Carson (Democratic)Jill N. Tokuda (Democratic)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)Bonnie Watson Coleman (Democratic)Marcus J. Molinaro (Republican)Michael R. Turner (Republican)Brian K. Fitzpatrick (Republican)Colin Z. Allred (Democratic)Michael Lawler (Republican)Lori Chavez-DeRemer (Republican)

Science, Space, and Technology Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
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.
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Timeline
May 25, 2023
Introduced in House
May 25, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
  • May 25, 2023
    Introduced in House


  • May 25, 2023
    Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.

Transportation and Public Works

Healthy Air Travel Act

USA118th CongressHR-3679| House 
| Updated: 5/25/2023
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.
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Timeline
May 25, 2023
Introduced in House
May 25, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
  • May 25, 2023
    Introduced in House


  • May 25, 2023
    Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick

Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick

Democratic Representative

Florida

Cosponsors (14)
Raúl M. Grijalva (Democratic)Dina Titus (Democratic)Henry C. "Hank" Johnson (Democratic)Don Bacon (Republican)André Carson (Democratic)Jill N. Tokuda (Democratic)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)Bonnie Watson Coleman (Democratic)Marcus J. Molinaro (Republican)Michael R. Turner (Republican)Brian K. Fitzpatrick (Republican)Colin Z. Allred (Democratic)Michael Lawler (Republican)Lori Chavez-DeRemer (Republican)

Science, Space, and Technology Committee

Transportation and Public Works

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted