# Plain Language Summary: COVID-19 Vaccination Proof Ban for Interstate Commerce

This bill would prevent the Department of Transportation and other federal agencies from creating rules that require people to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination when they're doing business across state lines. In practical terms, it stops the government from making vaccination proof a requirement for things like traveling between states, shipping goods across borders, or engaging in interstate commerce.

The bill is essentially saying that if you want to travel, do business, or move goods from one state to another, the federal government cannot force you to prove you've been vaccinated against COVID-19. This applies to all federal agencies involved in regulating interstate activities, not just transportation. So whether you're driving a truck across state lines, flying between states, or conducting any other form of business that crosses state boundaries, no federal agency could require you to show vaccination records as a condition of doing that activity.

It's important to note that this bill doesn't prevent private companies from setting their own vaccination requirements—it only restricts what the federal government can mandate. Airlines, shipping companies, or other businesses could still choose to require vaccination proof if they wanted to. The bill also doesn't affect state or local governments, which could theoretically maintain their own vaccination requirements, though the bill's scope focuses specifically on federal agency rules related to interstate commerce.

To prohibit the Department of Transportation and other agencies from promulgating rules requiring a person to provide proof of a COVID-19 vaccination in order to engage in interstate commerce, and for other purposes.

 <p>This bill prohibits certain departments and agencies from promulgating any rule to require a a person to provide proof of a COVID-19 vaccination in order to engage in interstate commerce. The prohibition applies to</p> <ul> <li>The Department of Transportation,</li> <li>Amtrak,</li> <li>The Surface Transportation Board,</li> <li>The Transportation Security Administration,</li> <li>The National Transportation Safety Board,</li> <li>The Federal Maritime Commission, and</li> <li>The Department of Commerce.</li> </ul> <p>The bill also limits the authority of the Department of Health and Human Services to mandate vaccination against COVID-19 as a prerequisite for engaging in interstate commerce or travel.</p>