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H.R. 3679

Healthy Air Travel Act

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.

Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.

Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila [D-FL-20](D-FL)Sponsor
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    Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.

    Science, Space, and Technology Committee
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    Introduced in House

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    Introduced in House

Healthy Air Travel Act — Informed