HR 7786 United States House · 117th Congress

Mask Mandate Prevention and Recovery Act

Summary

Mindless Mask Mandate Prevention and Recovery Act This bill prohibits the Department of Health and Human Services from mandating the wearing of masks, face coverings, or other accessories during domestic air travel. It also retroactively mitigates penalties associated with refusing to comply with such a mandate during the COVID-19 pandemic. Within 30 days of the bill's enactment, federal agencies and private air carriers must remove from their no-fly lists any individual placed on a list solely because of a refusal to comply with a mask mandate. Federal agencies must also refund within 30 days any fines issued to individuals solely based on such a refusal. An individual who does not receive a refund in that time frame may sue for compensatory and punitive damages.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

May 2022

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Introduced May 16, 2022 Last action May 17, 2022

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Committee

May 17, 2022

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security.

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May 17, 2022

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

lower

May 16, 2022

Committee

Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

lower

May 16, 2022

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Introduced in House

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1 primary · 2 co-sponsors