42 U.S.C. § 265 : US Code - Section 265: Suspension of entries and imports from designated places to prevent spread of communicable diseases

Search 42 U.S.C. § 265 : US Code - Section 265: Suspension of entries and imports from designated places to prevent spread of communicable diseases

Whenever the Surgeon General determines that by reason of the
existence of any communicable disease in a foreign country there is
serious danger of the introduction of such disease into the United
States, and that this danger is so increased by the introduction of
persons or property from such country that a suspension of the
right to introduce such persons and property is required in the
interest of the public health, the Surgeon General, in accordance
with regulations approved by the President, shall have the power to
prohibit, in whole or in part, the introduction of persons and
property from such countries or places as he shall designate in
order to avert such danger, and for such period of time as he may
deem necessary for such purpose.