The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- United States / Canada land border
- Level
- Federal
- Authority
- 19 U.S.C. 1318(b)(1)(C) and (b)(2)
- Issued
- 2021-10-21 Oct. 21, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-10-22; vaccinated non-essential travel from 12:00 a.m. EST 2021-11-08 (read as 2021-10-22)
- End
- 2022-01-21 11:59 p.m. EST (further extended for unvaccinated travelers) (read as 2022-01-21)
- In force
- Oct. 22, 2021 to Jan. 21, 2022
- Limitation types
- Travel and quarantineVaccination or testing
- Addressees
- all travelers at U.S.-Canada land ports of entry
- CBP
- Functions reached
- Collection
- Supply chain and borders ECO-A
Operative words
Restrictions continue 'until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on January 21, 2022, unless' amended, with a modification 'to allow non-essential travel through land ports of entry' by individuals who 'are fully vaccinated for COVID-19' from Nov. 8, 2021; recites the full chain of prior notifications (85 FR 16548 through 86 FR 52609). 'Dated: October 15, 2021.'
Enforcement
CBP refusal of entry; proof of vaccination
Notes
Post-period instrument that fixes Nov. 8, 2021 as the first day of non-essential land travel and proves the restriction in force on Sept. 30, 2021.
Retrieval notePost-period instrument (Oct. 21, 2021); pleaded only as proof that the land-border prohibition ran through Nov. 8, 2021.