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Dem Senator proposes bill to mandate vaccine passports for US flights ahead of holiday travel surge

Updated: October 5, 2021 at 6:57 pm EST  See Comments

Tue Oct 5, 2021 – 6:53 pm EDT

(LifeSiteNews) — A bill proposed by U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California would prevent unvaccinated Americans from flying home for the holidays unless they show proof of a negative COVID test or official documentation demonstrating prior recovery from SARS CoV-2. 

Travelers who have gotten the jab would be forced to show proof of inoculation before boarding a domestic flight.

Failure to comply would result in refusal of boarding.

In a statement, Sen. Feinstein made clear that the proposed measures ought to be enacted ahead of the 2021 holiday season.

“We know that air travel during the 2020 holiday season contributed to last winter’s devastating COVID-19 surge. We simply cannot allow that to happen again,” she said.

Feinstein introduced the U.S. Air Travel Public Safety Act on September 29, calling upon Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra, in consultation with the Federal Aviation Administration, to “develop national vaccination verification standards and procedures” that would federalize domestic air-travel mandates surrounding COVID-19 vaccination.

We can’t allow upcoming holiday air travel to contribute to another surge in COVID cases. Today I introduced legislation requiring passengers on domestic flights to be vaccinated, test negative

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