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H.R. 7867: Healthy Flights Act of 2020

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H.R. 7867: Healthy Flights Act of 2020

116th Congress · introduced 2020-07-30 · Transportation and Public Works · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2020-07-30 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Healthy Flights Act of 2020

Plain summary

Healthy Flights Act of 2020 This bill provides authority for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to impose any requirements on passenger and cargo air travel to protect the health and safety of air carrier crewmembers and passengers and to reduce the spread of such infectious disease through the aviation system during public health emergencies such as COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Among other provisions, the bill sets forth requirements relating to the use of masks and other protective equipment for airline passengers and certain airline employees; requires the FAA to provide certain employees, including any air traffic controller and airway transportation systems specialist, with masks and other protective equipment; mandates the development of a national aviation preparedness plan to ensure the aviation system is prepared to respond to epidemics and pandemics of infectious diseases; directs each air carrier operating an aircraft with a seating capacity of 20 or more to implement appropriate measures on a flight in air transportation for the purpose of reducing the likelihood of any passenger or crewmember contracting an infectious disease; requires the FAA to enter into an agreement with the National Academies to conduct a study on the transmission of infectious diseases, including airborne diseases, in the cabins of passenger airplanes; and establishes a Center of Excellence for Infectious Disease Response and Prevention in Aviation within the FAA.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Healthy Flights Act of 2020

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] · 31 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Rick Larsen (D-WA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Dina Titus (D-NV), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Greg Stanton (D-AZ), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Bill Foster (D-IL), Chellie Pingree (D-ME)

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Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr7867 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116