Vance to introduce measure preventing federal officials from imposing mask mandates in schools, on airplanes
'Democrats say they’re not going to bring back mask mandates – we’re going to hold them to their word,' Sen JD Vance tells Fox News Digital
By Kyle Morris Fox News
Published September 5, 2023 8:30am EDT
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EXCLUSIVE: Ohio Republican Sen. JD Vance will introduce legislation Tuesday to crackdown on the ability by the federal government or commercial airlines to force Americans into wearing face masks amid a string of new coronavirus variants.

Titled the Freedom to Breathe Act, the legislation, if passed and signed into law, would prevent President Biden and federal agencies from implementing face mask requirements for public transit passengers or students in schools until Dec. 31, 2024.

Additionally, Vance's office said the measure would prevent federal spending from being used to propose face mask requirements or force Americans to wear face coverings.

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Titled the Freedom to Breathe Act, the legislation introduced by Ohio GOP Sen. JD Vance would prevent President Biden or other federal agencies from implementing face mask requirements for public transit passengers or students in schools. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Previewing the measure, Vance's office said the bill would:

Prohibit any federal official, including the President, from issuing an order requiring individuals to wear a mask or other face covering on any passenger flight in the U.S. national airspace system, on public transit, or in school (primary, secondary, and colleges);
Block Commercial Air Carriers, public transit authorities, and all educational institutions from refusing service to anyone who declines to wear a mask or other face covering;
Prevent the Secretary of Health and Human Services from requiring plane or train passengers and students to wear a mask or face covering in response to a public health emergency;
Restrict federal spending to propose, establish, implement, or enforce a mask requirement on airline and public transit passengers and students;-- excerpt, rest at link above --