The End COVID Tyranny Act is a bill that reforms the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and limits the authority of federal health agencies to impose public health requirements. The legislation prohibits federal funding for mask mandates in Head Start programs and schools through December 31, 2024, and bars federal officials from enforcing such mandates during that period. It also restructures CDC leadership by imposing a 12-year term limit on the CDC Director and requiring Congress to approve renewals of public health emergency declarations after the initial 90-day period. The bill modifies the CDC's strategic focus to limit it to communicable diseases, creates a new advisory committee with appointments from congressional leaders and the Comptroller General, and transfers eight major CDC offices and their functions to the National Institutes of Health within two years of enactment. Additionally, it prohibits considering COVID-19 vaccination status in organ transplant eligibility decisions, requires quarterly inspections of foreign laboratories receiving federal research funding, and mandates that hospitals establish visitor rights policies effective one year after the bill's enactment. The bill takes effect upon presidential signature, with implementation of various provisions occurring over the following two years.
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