,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gfej  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #af1 #bjbj ,mr4
 ,nadler 7for himself1 ,ms4 ,lofgren1   
,mr4 ,crdenas1 ,mr4 ,correa1 ,ms4 ,dean1
 ,mrs4 ,demings1 ,mr4 ,deutch1 ,ms4     
,garcia of ,texas1 ,mrs4 ,hayes1 ,ms4   
,jackson ,lee1 ,mr4 ,johnson of         
,georgia1 ,mr4 ,ted ,lieu of            
,california1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4         
,panetta1 ,mr4 ,raskin1 ,ms4 ,scanlon1  
,mr4 ,vargas1 and ,ms4 ,velzquez7       
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to require the  
,director of ,u4,s4 ,immigration and    
,customs ,enforcement to ensure that    
foreign nationals test negative for     
,,sars-,co,v-#b before repatriation or  
removal1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,coronavirus ,containment ,act of   
#bjbj4  #b4 ,findings ,congress finds   
the following3  7#a7 ,u4,s4 ,immigration
 and ,customs ,enforcement repatriated  

or attempted to repatriate dozens of    
foreign nationals who tested positive   
for ,,sars-,co,v-#b prior to departure  
from the ,united ,states or upon arrival
 in their country of destination4  7#b7 
,haiti is one of the most vulnerable    
nations in the world to ,,sars-,co,v-#b 
with only a few dozen ventilators for   
#aa million people4 ,yet1 in ,april     
#bjbj1 multiple individuals who were    
repatriated or otherwise removed to     
,haiti on a single flight tested        
positive for ,,sars-,co,v-#b upon their 
arrival4 ,in ,may1 ,u4,s4 ,immigration  
and ,customs ,enforcement planned to    
repatriate more than #ajj individuals to
 ,haiti1 including individuals known to 
have ,,covid-#ai1 but abandoned these   
plans after media scrutiny and pressure 
from the ,haitian government4  7#c7 ,as 
of mid-,may #bjbj1 more than #ajj       
individuals have tested positive for    
,,sars-,co,v-#b upon arrival in         
,guatemala1 prompting ,guatemala to     
suspend repatriation flights from the   

,united ,states on several occasions4   
7#d7 ,u4,s4 ,immigration and ,customs   
,enforcement's patchwork approach to the
 screening and testing of deportees     
prior to repatriation has failed1       
leading to the removal of dozens of     
individuals infected with               
,,sars-,co,v-#b to countries with       
overtaxed healthcare infrastructures1   
furthering the global spread of the     
disease4  #c4 ,testing before           
repatriation or removal  7a7 ,in general
 ,during the period described in        
subsection 7c71 the ,director of ,u4,s4 
,immigration and ,customs ,enforcement  
shall1 prior to the repatriation or     
removal of any individual-- 7#a7 conduct
 a viral test to determine if such an   
individual is infected with             
,,sars-,co,v-#b2 and  7#b7 engage with  
the receiving country to ensure1 subject
 to subsection 7b71 that such an        
individual can be safely removed or     
otherwise repatriated4  7b7 ,limitation 
on repatriation or removal ,in the case 

that an individual tested under         
subsection 7a77#a7 tests positive for   
,,sars-,co,v-#b1 such individual may not
 be removed or otherwise repatriated    
until such individual--  7#a7 exhibits  
no symptoms of ,,covid-#ai for at least 
#aj days2 and  7#b7 is administered #b  
additional viral tests more than #bd    
hours apart and tests negative for      
,,sars-,co,v-#b each time such a viral  
test is administered4  7c7 ,period      
described ,the period described in this 
section is the period beginning on the  
date of the enactment of this ,act and  
ending #ahj days after the date on which
 the public health emergency declared by
 the ,secretary of ,health and ,human   
,services under section #cai of the     
,public ,health ,service ,act 7#db      
,u4,s4,c4 #bdg;d7 with respect to       
,,covid-#ai is terminated4  #d4         
,reporting requirements ,not later than 
#fj days after the date of the enactment
 of this ,act1 the ,director of ,u4,s4  
,immigration and ,customs ,enforcement  

shall publish on its public website1 and
 update on a weekly basis1 information  
related to testing of individuals it    
intends to remove or repatriate4 ,such  
information shall be delineated by      
facility and shall include--  7#a7 the  
number of removals and repatriations1   
delineated by country of origin2  7#b7  
the results of the viral tests          
administered to individuals ,u4,s4      
,immigration and ,customs ,enforcement  
intends to remove or repatriate2 and    
7#c7 in the case of individuals ,u4,s4  
,immigration and ,customs ,enforcement  
intends to remove or repatriate who test
 positive for ,,sars-,co,v-#b1 the      
average length of stay in detention for 
such individuals4  #e4 ,definitions ,in 
this ,act3  7#a7 ,symptoms of           
,,covid-#ai ,the term symptoms of       
,,covid-#ai includes-- 7,a7 fever or    
chills2  7,b7 cough2  7,c7 shortness of 
breath or difficulty breathing2  7,d7   
fatigue2  7,e7 muscle or body aches2    
7,f7 headaches2  7,g7 new loss of taste 

or smell2  7,h7 sore throat2  7,i7      
congestion or runny nose2  7,j7 nausea  
or vomiting2  7,k7 diarrhea2 or  7,l7   
any other symptom that the ,director of 
the ,centers for ,disease ,control and  
,prevention determines to be a symptom  
of ,,covid-#ai4  7#b7 ,viral test ,the  
term viral test means a diagnostic test 
with respect to ,,sars-,co,v-#b that is 
approved1 cleared1 or authorized under  
section #eaj7k71 #eac1 #eae or #efd of  
the ,federal ,food1 ,drug1 and ,cosmetic
 ,act 7#ba ,u4,s4,c4 #cfj7k71 #cfj;c1   
#cfj;e1 or #cfj;bbb-#c74