,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dfaj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #ag1
 #bjbj,mr4 ,blumenthal 7for himself1    
,mr4 ,carper1 ,mr4 ,brown1 and ,ms4     
,hirono7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,homeland ,security and  
,governmental ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
require face masks in ,federal          
facilities to prevent the transmission  
of ,,sars-,co,v-#b1 and for other       
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,wear ,your ,mask   
,act4  #b4 ,masks required in ,federal  
facilities  7a7 ,masks required ,each   
,federal agency shall take action to    
ensure that an individual is required to
 wear a face mask if such individual    
is-- 7#a7 inside a ,federal facility    
under the jurisdiction of such agency2  
and  7#b7 within #f feet of another     
individual4  7b7 ,enforcement ,a        
,federal agency may remove or deny      
service to an individual who fails to   

wear a mask in accordance with          
subsection 7a74  7c7 ,provision of masks
 ,each ,federal agency shall make face  
masks available at each entrance to a   
,federal facility at which such agency  
maintains a presence4  7d7 ,funding ,a  
,federal agency shall use funds         
otherwise appropriated to such agency to
 carry out this section4  7e7           
,definitions ,in this section1 the      
following definitions apply3 7#a7       
,capitol ,buildings ,the term ,capitol  
,buildings has the meaning given such   
term in section #eaja of title #dj1     
,united ,states ,code4  7#b7 ,face mask 
,the term face mask means a mask        
covering both the nose and mouth1 or    
other protective face covering1 that    
reasonably can be expected to minimize  
the transmission of ,,sars-,co,v-#b4    
7#c7 ,federal agency ,the term ,federal 
agency has the meaning given such term  
in section #ajb of title #dj1 ,united   
,states ,code1 except that with respect 
to ,capitol ,buildings the ,office of   

the ,architect of the ,capitol shall be 
treated as the relevant ,federal agency4
  7#d7 ,federal facility ,the term      
,federal facility means-- 7,a7 a        
building or any part thereof owned or   
leased by the ,federal ,government for  
use by a ,federal agency2 and  7,b7 the 
,capitol ,buildings or any part thereof4
  7f7 ,termination ,the requirements of 
this section shall cease to have effect 
on the date on which the ,director of   
the ,national ,institute of ,allergy and
 ,infectious ,diseases determines1 and  
publishes in the ,federal ,register a   
notification of such determination1 that
 the requirement to wear a mask is no   
longer necessary to prevent transmission
 of ,,sars-,co,v-#b4