,,ii ,calendar ,no4 #cef #aagth         
,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,s4 #djhh    
,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united 
,,states  ,april #bf1 #bjbb,mr4 ,cruz   
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read the first time  ,april #bg1       
#bjbb,read the second time and placed on
 the calendar  ,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit  
the ,secretary of ,health and ,human    
,services from lessening the stringency 
of1 and to prohibit the ,secretary of   
,homeland ,security from ceasing or     
lessening implementation of1 the        
,,covid-#ai border health provisions    
through the end of the ,,covid-#ai      
pandemic1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,protecting ,americans from         
,unnecessary ,spread upon ,entry from   
,,covid-#ai ,act of #bjbb or the ,,pause
 ,act of #bjbb4  #b4 ,maintaining the   
stringency of ,,covid-#ai border health 
provisions through the end of the       
pandemic  7a7 ,,hhs ,the ,secretary of  
,health and ,human ,services shall not  

remove1 or lessen the stringency of1 the
 ,,covid-#ai border health provisions   
unless and until-- 7#a7 the public      
health emergency declared for           
,,covid-#ai under section #cai of the   
,public ,health ,service ,act 7#db      
,u4,s4,c4 #bdg;d71 including renewals   
thereof1 is no longer in effect2  7#b7  
the public health emergencies declared  
for ,,covid-#ai by all ,states1         
including renewals thereof1 are no      
longer in effect2 and  7#c7 the         
,director of the ,centers for ,disease  
,control and ,prevention reduces the    
travelers' health risk level for        
introducing1 transmitting1 and spreading
 ,,covid-#ai in or from ,canada and     
,mexico to ,level #a4  7b7 ,homeland    
,security ,the ,secretary of ,homeland  
,security shall not cease or lessen the 
implementation of the ,,covid-#ai border
 health provisions unless and until each
 of the conditions listed in subsection 
7a7 is met4  7c7 ,definition ,in this   
section1 the term ,,covid-#ai border    

health provisions means the restrictions
 established under part ,g of title     
,,iii of the ,public ,health ,service   
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bfd et seq42       
relating to quarantine and inspection7  
to prevent the introduction1            
transmission1 or spread of ,,covid-#ai  
from one or more foreign countries into 
the ,united ,states1 including the order
 titled ,order under ,sections #cfb     
#cfe of the ,public ,health ,service    
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bfe1 #bfh73 ,order 
,suspending the ,right ,to ,introduce   
,certain ,persons from ,countries ,where
 a ,quarantinable ,communicable ,disease
 ,exists issued by the ,director of the 
,centers for ,disease ,control and      
,prevention on ,october #ac1 #bjbj4     
,april #bg1 #bjbb,read the second time  
and placed on the calendar