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by maxerickson 4258 days ago
CDC has a bunch of information about this:

http://www.cdc.gov/quarantine/index.html

The sub pages are lengthy and cite specific laws and so on.

Skimming, CDC has broad authority to detain travelers and states and local health departments usually have the power to enforce a quarantine (with violation of the quarantine being a misdemeanor).