Revoking the Air Travel COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement, 30889-30890 [2023-10406]

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 93 (Monday, May 15, 2023)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 30889-30890]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-10406]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 88 , No. 93 / Monday, May 15, 2023 / 
Presidential Documents

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Title 3--
The President

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                Proclamation 10575 of May 9, 2023

                
Revoking the Air Travel COVID-19 Vaccination 
                Requirement

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Today, we are in a different phase of the response to 
                the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic than 
                we were in October 2021, when I issued Proclamation 
                10294 of October 25, 2021 (Advancing the Safe 
                Resumption of Global Travel During the COVID-19 
                Pandemic). At the time, new variants of SARS-CoV-2, the 
                virus that causes COVID-19, had emerged globally and my 
                Administration was responding to variants that were 
                more transmissible or caused more severe disease than 
                the original virus strain. Consistent with guidance 
                from our public health experts, I determined that it 
                was in the interests of the United States to adopt an 
                international air travel policy that relied primarily 
                on vaccination to limit the risk that the COVID-19 
                virus, including variants of that virus, would be 
                introduced, transmitted, and spread into and throughout 
                the United States.

                Now, we have successfully marshaled a whole-of-
                government response to make historic investments in 
                broadly accessible vaccines, tests, and therapeutics to 
                help us combat COVID-19. Our public health experts have 
                issued guidance that allows all travelers to understand 
                mitigation measures to protect themselves and those 
                around them. Our healthcare system and public health 
                resources throughout the country are now better able to 
                respond to any potential surge of COVID-19 cases 
                without significantly affecting access to resources or 
                care. Globally, COVID-19 cases and deaths are at their 
                lowest levels since the start of the pandemic. As we 
                continue to monitor the evolving state of COVID-19 and 
                the emergence of virus variants, we have the tools to 
                detect and respond to the potential emergence of a 
                variant of high consequence. Considering the progress 
                that we have made, and based on the latest guidance 
                from our public health experts, I have determined that 
                we no longer need the international air travel 
                restrictions that I imposed in October 2021.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of 
                the United States, by the authority vested in me by the 
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
                America, including sections 212(f) and 215(a) of the 
                Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. 1182(f) and 
                1185(a), hereby find that, except as provided in any 
                other applicable proclamation, the unrestricted entry 
                of persons described in section 2 of Proclamation 10294 
                is no longer detrimental to the interests of the United 
                States. I therefore hereby proclaim the following:

                Section 1. Revocation. Proclamation 10294, except 
                sections 1, 6, 7, and 8 thereof, is revoked.

                Sec. 2. Review of Agency Actions. The Secretary of 
                State, the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
                (including through the Director of the Centers for 
                Disease Control and Prevention), the Secretary of 
                Transportation, and the Secretary of Homeland Security 
                shall review any regulations, orders, guidance 
                documents, policies, and any other similar agency 
                actions developed pursuant to Proclamation 10294 and, 
                as appropriate, shall consider revising or revoking 
                these agency actions consistent with the policy set 
                forth in this proclamation.

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                Sec. 3. Effective Date. This proclamation is effective 
                at 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on May 12, 2023.

                Sec. 4. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this 
                proclamation shall be construed to impair or otherwise 
                affect:

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or 
the head thereof; or

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

(b) This proclamation shall be implemented consistent with applicable law 
and subject to the availability of appropriations.

(c) This proclamation is not intended to, and does not, create any right or 
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any 
party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, 
its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                ninth day of May, in the year of our Lord two thousand 
                twenty-three, and of the Independence of the United 
                States of America the two hundred and forty-seventh.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 2023-10406
Filed 5-12-23; 8:45 am]
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