Thu Feb 9, 2023 – 1:34 pm ESTThu Feb 9, 2023 – 1:48 pm EST
(LifeSiteNews) — The United States House of Representatives has passed a bill that would put an end to the nation’s COVID jab mandate for foreign air travelers.
On Wednesday the chamber agreed to pass H.R. 185, spearheaded by Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, by a 227-201 vote. Seven Democrats crossed party lines to vote in favor of the bill. No Republicans voted against the bill.
H.R. 185 states that the U.S. government would no longer be able to enforce a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) order requiring foreign air travelers to demonstrate proof of COVID vaccination. The CDC’s order is an implementation of President Joe Biden’s “proclamation advancing the safe resumption of global travel during the COVID-19 pandemic.”
The bill also blocks the CDC from implementing a “successor order” that would establish a similar proof of vaccination requirement.
In a Wednesday statement, Massie praised his fellow House members for supporting an end to the CDC’s “unscientific mandate.”
“No free country, other than the United States, requires international visitors to prove they’ve taken the COVID-19 vaccine,” he said. “This vaccine
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