HR 3679 · 118th Congress · Transportation and Public Works

Healthy Air Travel Act

Introduced 2023-05-25· Sponsored by Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila [D-FL-20]· House

Bill Progress

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Committee
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.(2023-05-25)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] 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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Cosponsors (14)

8 Democrats6 Republicans