# The SAFER Travel Act Explained

This bill would prevent the federal government from requiring people to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to travel on planes, trains, buses, ships, or other commercial transportation within the United States. Right now, if you want to fly on a commercial airline, you need to show proof of vaccination. This bill would make that requirement illegal. It would also stop the government from creating any new vaccine requirements for travel on any form of transportation that the federal government regulates.

Beyond just blocking government mandates, the bill goes further by also prohibiting airlines, bus companies, train operators, and other transportation companies from requiring vaccination on their own. Even if a private company wanted to require passengers to be vaccinated for health and safety reasons, they wouldn't be allowed to under this bill. This means transportation companies couldn't set their own vaccination policies—they'd be forbidden by law from doing so.

The bill also includes a provision preventing the federal government from requiring people to quarantine after traveling. So even if someone tests positive for COVID-19 or has been exposed to it while traveling, the government couldn't order them to isolate at home for a set period of time. This applies specifically to quarantine requirements tied to travel on federally regulated transportation.

In practical terms, if this bill became law, it would mean you could board a flight, train, or bus without proving you've been vaccinated against COVID-19, and transportation companies couldn't ask you to do so. The bill essentially removes vaccination as a condition for using commercial transportation in the United States.

SAFER Travel Act

Saving Americans From Executive Reach in Travel Act or the SAFER Travel Act This bill prohibits executive branch agencies and private entities from imposing a vaccine mandate against COVID-19 on individuals traveling within the United States on commercial public or private transportation, including air, rail, commercial motor vehicles, vessels, or other public or private forms of transportation. Additionally, the bill prohibits executive branch agencies from requiring a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United States to enter into a period of quarantine related to COVID-19 after having traveled on any commercial public or private transportation.