The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- United States
- Level
- Federal
- Authority
- 49 U.S.C. § 114(l)(2)(B) (TSOB review of emergency directives); 49 U.S.C. § 115
- Issued
- 2021-04-20 Apr. 20, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-04-20 ('The ratification was executed on April 20, 2021, and took effect on that date') (read as 2021-04-20)
- End
- n/a (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Apr. 20, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantine
- Addressees
- airport operators, aircraft operators, foreign air carriers
- Functions reached
- TR
- OP airports and airlines
- Collection
- Federal health, safety and transport layer FED-A
Operative words
DHS is publishing official notification that the Transportation Security Oversight Board (TSOB) has ratified Transportation Security Administration (TSA) aviation security directives (SDs) applicable to airport and aircraft operators and an emergency amendment (EA) applicable to foreign air carriers requiring mask wearing at airports and onboard commercial aircraft to protect the safety and security of the traveling public, transportation workers, and the transportation system from the threat of COVID-19. DATES: The ratification was executed on April 20, 2021, and took effect on that date.
Enforcement
Notes
Federal Register confirmation, from DHS itself, that the aviation mask directives were binding law reviewed and ratified by the Cabinet-level TSOB; recites that the directives were 'scheduled to expire on May 11, 2021' and were being extended.