U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
HB10797: Aerial Transport and High Consequence Infectious Diseases Act
Status: In committee, October 13, 2026
To direct the Secretary of the Air Force to carry out a program to provide for the safe, long-range aerial transport of individuals known to be infected, or suspected of infection, by high-consequence infectious diseases.
What the bill says
To direct the Secretary of the Air Force to carry out a program to provide for the safe, long-range aerial transport of individuals known to be infected, or suspected of infection, by high-consequence infectious diseases.
From the introduced text, October 13, 2026:
A BILL To direct the Secretary of the Air Force to carry out a program to provide for the safe, long-range aerial transport of individuals known to be infected, or suspected of infection, by high-consequence infectious diseases. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Aerial Transport and High Consequence Infectious Diseases Act . SECTION 2. Aerial transport and department-wide capability for high-consequence infectious diseases (a) Requirement Beginning not later than October 1, 2027, the Secretary of the Air Force, in coordination with the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, the Secretaries of the other military departments, and the Director of the Defense Health Agency, shall carry out a Department program to provide for the safe, long-range aerial transport of individuals known to be or suspected of infection by high-consequence infectious diseases. (b) Aerial transport component The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the program under subsection (a) serves as the component of the Department of Defense that-- (1) provides the Department with aerial transport of patients with high-consequence infectious diseases; and (2) provides support to other departments and equivalent program agencies of the Federal Government, State and local governments, and civilian and academic partners, as determined appropriate by the Secretary. (c) Program requirements In carrying out the program under subsection (a), the Secretary of the …
Sponsors
- Don Bacon (R, HD-NE-2) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
- : Introduced in House
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Common questions
- What is HB10797?
- HB10797 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): Aerial Transport and High Consequence Infectious Diseases Act.
- What does HB10797 do?
- In its own words: To direct the Secretary of the Air Force to carry out a program to provide for the safe, long-range aerial transport of individuals known to be infected, or suspected of infection, by high-consequence infectious diseases.
- What is the status of HB10797?
- In committee as of October 13, 2026. Latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. (October 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB10797?
- Don Bacon (R, HD-NE-2).
- Where is the official record for HB10797?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10797
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