To terminate the requirement imposed by the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for proof of COVID-19 vaccination for foreign travelers, and for other purposes.

How it moves voter issues

• −1Health care access & cost

  Ends the COVID-19 vaccination requirement for foreign air travelers, removing a public health entry measure.

  Low confidence

  AI scores averaged: −1 from claude-opus-5-5 pilot, −1 from claude-opus-5-5. Compare the models

• −1Immigration

  TypeSafe: affects p=0.75, effect -0.89 (conf 0.69)

  Medium confidence · direction only, not good or bad

  AI score: −1 from typesafe:jev-1.13.0. Compare the models

What it does

This bill nullifies the order issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) titled Amended Order Implementing Presidential Proclamation on Advancing the Safe Resumption of Global Travel During the COVID-19 Pandemic and published on April 7, 2022. (The order restricts the entry of noncitizens who are not immigrants into the United States by air travel unless they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or otherwise attest that they will take public health measures to prevent the spread of the disease.) The bill also nullifies any successor or subsequent orders that require foreign persons traveling by air to show proof of a COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of entry and prohibits the use of federal funds to administer or enforce such a requirement. However, the bill does not affect the CDC order published on January 5, 2023, that governs COVID-19 testing or documentation of COVID-19 recovery for certain individuals traveling from China to the United States by aircraft. In addition, the CDC must report to Congress about the number of visitors who were denied entry into the United States from April 7, 2022, until the date of the bill's enactment.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service, passed house version.

Every recorded vote on it

1. Feb 8, 2023House On Agreeing to the Amendment210 yea 222 nayProcedural, not counted
2. Feb 8, 2023House On Agreeing to the Amendment253 yea 168 nayProcedural, not counted
3. Feb 8, 2023House On Agreeing to the Amendment207 yea 220 nayProcedural, not counted
4. Feb 8, 2023House On Agreeing to the Amendment426 yea 8 nayProcedural, not counted
5. Feb 8, 2023House On Agreeing to the Amendment209 yea 224 nayProcedural, not counted
6. Feb 8, 2023House On Motion to RecommitTo terminate the requirement imposed by the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for proof of COVID-19 vaccination for foreign travelers, and for other purposes208 yea 220 nayProcedural, not counted
7. Feb 8, 2023House On PassageTo terminate the requirement imposed by the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for proof of COVID-19 vaccination for foreign travelers, and for other purposes227 yea