Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) will request unanimous consent on Thursday for his newly introduced bill banning federal mask mandates.

Vance’s office announced the move to force floor consideration on Wednesday shortly after introducing the bill, which would bar the federal government from reimposing mask mandates for domestic air travel, public transportation, and schools. The first-term senator’s unanimous consent request is almost certain to receive an objection from a Democratic colleague, as is routine with such efforts.

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“Multiple entities within our government, within the public health bureaucracy, there are local schools in the D.C. area now reimposing mask mandates, this is coming back unless we stop it from happening,” Vance said of the bill dubbed the "Freedom to Breathe Act." “That’s why I introduced this legislation, and I’m going to force the Democrats to vote on it.”

“If they say the mask mandates are not coming back, then come to the Senate floor, vote with us, and say ‘no more mask mandates.’ Let’s make it bipartisan,” he added.

Sens. Josh Hawley (R-MO), Eric Schmitt (R-MO), and Mike Braun (R-IN) co-sponsored the legislation, which is unlikely to receive floor time in a Democratic-led Senate.

"This is coming back unless we stop it from happening," Vance said of the legislation earlier this week, adding that he hoped to find Democratic co-sponsors. "They use these mandates to turn one half [of] the country against the other half. That’s what all tyrants do."

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The legislative push comes in response to a recent push by a Maryland school district to reinstitute mask mandates.

It also follows the White House saying President Joe Biden would wear a mask while indoors after first lady Jill Biden tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday.