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CDC Order, Requirement for Persons To Wear Masks While on Conveyances and at Transportation Hubs, 86 Fed. Reg. 8025 (Feb. 3, 2021; effective Feb. 1, 2021)

Requirement for Persons To Wear Masks While on Conveyances and at Transportation Hubs, 86 Fed. Reg. 8025 (Feb. 3, 2021)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS (order signed by the CDC Director Jan. 29, 2021) · United States (every conveyance and transportation hub into or within the United States) (Federal)

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Jurisdiction
United States (every conveyance and transportation hub into or within the United States)
Level
Federal
Authority
PHS Act § 361 (42 U.S.C. § 264); 42 C.F.R. §§ 70.2, 71.31(b), 71.32(b); Executive Order 13998 § 2
Issued
2021-01-29 Jan. 29, 2021
Effective
2021-02-01 11:59 p.m. ('This Order takes effect at 11:59 p.m. Monday February 1, 2021') (read as 2021-02-01)
End
'until further notice'; in force on every day of 2021Q1 (from Feb. 1), 2021Q2 and 2021Q3; vacated by a district court on Apr. 18, 2022 (Health Freedom Defense Fund v. Biden, M.D. Fla.) (vacatur not verified from CDC text; see caveats) (read as 2022-04-18)
In force
Feb. 1, 2021 to Apr. 18, 2022
Quarters
2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantineWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • every person traveling on any conveyance into or within the United States
  • conveyance operators (airlines, railroads, transit agencies, bus companies, taxis, ride-shares, ferries, ships)
  • operators of transportation hubs (airports, stations, seaports, bus terminals)
Functions reached
  • WF workforce commuting by transit, rail, bus, taxi and ride-share (every metro)
  • TR business travel by air and rail
  • CB customers arriving by transit or taxi
  • OP operators of any conveyance or hub (transit agencies, airports, bus and ferry operators, ride-share drivers)
Collection
Federal health, safety and transport layer FED-A

Operative words

Persons must wear masks over the mouth and nose when traveling on conveyances into and within the United States. Persons must also wear masks at transportation hubs as defined in this Order.... A conveyance operator transporting persons into and within the United States must require all persons onboard to wear masks for the duration of travel.... Conveyance operators must use best efforts to ensure that any person on the conveyance wears a mask when boarding, disembarking, and for the duration of travel. Best efforts include: boarding only those persons who wear masks; instructing persons that Federal law requires wearing a mask on the conveyance and failure to comply constitutes a violation of Federal law... disembarking any person who refuses to comply

Enforcement

Criminal penalties under 18 U.S.C. §§ 3559, 3571, 42 U.S.C. § 271 and 42 C.F.R. § 70.18 ('a person violating this Order may be subject to a fine of no more than $100,000 if the violation does not result in a death... An organization violating this Order may be subject to a fine of no more than $200,000 per event'); 'This Order shall be further enforced by other federal authorities and may be enforced by cooperating state and local authorities'; TSA civil enforcement through SD 1582/84-21-01 series (FED-050 to FED-052)

Notes

The single federal instrument of general application in force on every day of 2021Q3 that limited travel in terms: it conditioned every commute by subway, bus, commuter rail, taxi or ride-share and every business flight on mask compliance and made refusal a federal offense. Reaches hotels-travel (TV, HK), logistics (DR drivers on fixed-route buses are conveyance operators), fitness-arts (touring), professional services (client travel), staffing (commuting placements) and every industry's WF function.

Retrieval note

Feb. 1, 2021.

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