Biden Executive Order Mandates Mask Wearing on Domestic and International Travel
Today, President Biden issued an executive order “on Promoting COVID-19 Safety in Domestic and International Travel.” Biden orders various cabinet official:
“to the extent appropriate and consistent with applicable law, to require masks to be worn in compliance with CDC guidelines in or on: (i) airports; (ii) commercial aircraft; (iii) trains; (iv) public maritime vessels, including ferries; (v) intercity bus services; and (vi) all forms of public transportation as defined in section 5302 of title 49, United States Code.”
This order stops short of imposing a mask mandate for all interstate modes of transit. The order does not purport to regulate private modes of conveyance. The sixth category, 49 U.S.C
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