The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- United States (air passengers from the United Kingdom)
- Level
- Federal
- Authority
- PHS Act §§ 361, 365; 42 C.F.R. §§ 71.20, 71.31(b)
- Issued
- 2020-12-25 Dec. 25, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-12-27 7:01 p.m. EST (12:01 a.m. Dec. 28, 2020 GMT) (read as 2020-12-27)
- End
- the earliest of the PHE's expiration, rescission, or March 26, 2021; superseded by the global order (FED-041, FED-042) from Jan. 26, 2021 (read as 2021-03-26)
- In force
- Dec. 27, 2020 to Mar. 26, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q42021 Q1
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Travel and quarantine
- Addressees
- airlines
- every passenger departing the United Kingdom for the United States
- Functions reached
- TR/TV international business travel
- CB inbound customers
- SC supplier visits
- Collection
- Federal health, safety and transport layer FED-A
Operative words
This Order shall enter into effect on Sunday, December 27, 2020 at 7:01 p.m. (EST) (12:01 a.m. on Monday, December 28, 2020 (GMT)) and shall remain in effect until the earliest of (1) the expiration of the Secretary of Health and Human Services' declaration that COVID-19 constitutes a public health emergency; (2) the CDC Director rescinds or modifies the order based on specific public health or other considerations; or (3) March 26, 2021.... All airlines covered by the Order must provide the following disclosure to passengers and collect the attestation prior to embarkation.
Enforcement
42 U.S.C. § 271; 42 C.F.R. § 71.2; airlines must deny boarding
Notes
First federal pre-departure testing order; the template for the global order of January 2021.