# 119-hr-81: Travel Mask Mandate Repeal Act of 2025

119-hr-81, Travel Mask Mandate Repeal Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5] (R-AZ); status in_committee (as of 2025-12-21).

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- As of: 2025-12-21
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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-81
- Congress: 119
- Title: Travel Mask Mandate Repeal Act of 2025
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-01-03
- Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5] (R-AZ)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**Bans federal COVID-19 mask mandates on public transportation.** This bill would stop federal agencies from requiring people to wear face masks on conveyances like planes, trains, and buses and at transportation hubs, and it would void the CDC's January 29, 2021 emergency order and related TSA directives. - Travelers and commuters: People using airports, train stations, buses, and similar hubs would not be subject to federal mask requirements while on conveyances or inside transportation hubs. - Transportation workers and carriers: Airlines, transit operators, and crew would no longer be bound by the agency mask orders that referenced the CDC emergency order. - Federal agencies: The bill would bar any federal agency from imposing COVID-19 mask mandates on conveyances or at transportation hubs, overriding other federal authorities.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Clyde, Andrew S. [R-GA-9] (R-GA), 2025-01-03T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- No federal mask rules for travelers: mixed, high. If enacted, the bill would stop any Federal agency from requiring people to wear COVID-19 masks on conveyances or at transportation hubs. It uses the CFR definition of "conveyance" and covers airports, stations, planes, trains, and buses. The change would take effect the day the law is enacted. It…

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- 119-hr-9200: Secure the Border Act of 2026
- 119-hr-624: RIFLE Act of 2025
- 119-hr-6512: Putting Patients First Healthcare Freedom Act
- 119-hr-7816: Protect Liberty and End Warrantless Surveillance Act of 2026
- 119-hr-2395: SHORT Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-81 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/81)

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- [119-hr-9200: Secure the Border Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9200)
- [119-hr-624: RIFLE Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-624)
- [119-hr-6512: Putting Patients First Healthcare Freedom Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6512)
- [119-hr-7816: Protect Liberty and End Warrantless Surveillance Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7816)
- [119-hr-2395: SHORT Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2395)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-81 (as of 2025-12-21).