,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #egjg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #ac1 #bjad 
,mr4 ,yoho 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,stockman1
 and ,mr4 ,posey7 introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce 
,a ,,bill  ,to direct the ,president to 
take action to protect against the      
transmission of ,ebola virus from       
individuals traveling to the ,united    
,states from abroad1 and for other      
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,ebola ,response    
,act of #bjad4  #b4 ,protecting against 
the transmission of ,ebola from         
individuals traveling from abroad  7a7  
,in general ,subject to subsection 7b71 
the ,president1 acting through the      
,secretary of ,homeland ,security and   
the ,secretary of ,health and ,human    
,services1 shall--  7#a7 prohibit any   
individual from entering the ,united    
,states for a period of #cj days        
following the individual's presence in a

 country experiencing an ,ebola         
outbreak2  7#b7 before allowing any     
individual who is a national of a       
country experiencing an ,ebola outbreak1
 or has recently been present in such a 
country1 to enter the ,united ,states1  
ensure that--  7,a7 the individual tests
 negative for the ,ebola virus by means 
of a serum neutralization1 a polymerase 
chain reaction 7,,pcr71 an enzyme-linked
 immunosorbent assay 7,,elisa71 or      
another diagnostic test approved by the 
,centers for ,disease ,control and      
,prevention2  7,b7 the individual's body
 temperature is measured as being       
normal2 and  7,c7 one or more qualified 
health care professionals provides      
written certification of the negative   
test results under subparagraph 7,a7 and
 the normal body temperature measurement
 under subparagraph 7,b72 and  7#c7 as a
 condition on allowing an individual    
described in paragraph 7#b7 to enter the
 ,united ,states1 require such          
individual to submit to a #ba-;day      

period of monitoring for symptoms of    
,ebola virus disease4  7b7 ,exemptions  
,the ,president may exempt officials1   
employees1 and contractors of the       
,departments of ,state and ,defense from
 the requirements of subsection 7a7 if  
the ,president determines that such     
,departments have sufficient measures in
 place to protect against the           
transmission of ,ebola virus by such    
individuals4  7c7 ,definition ,in this  
,act3  7#a7 ,the term country           
experiencing an ,ebola outbreak means a 
country whose population is experiencing
 ,ebola virus disease in epidemic       
proportions1 as determined by the       
,director of the ,centers for ,disease  
,control and ,prevention4  7#b7 ,the    
term qualified means recognized by the  
,american ,medical ,association or the  
,centers for ,disease ,control and      
,prevention as capable of providing the 
written certification under subsection  
7a77#b77;,c74  7#c7 ,the term normal    
means1 with respect to human body       

temperature1 within #a degree           
,fahrenheit of #ih4f degrees            
,fahrenheit4