To amend title 49, United States Code, to require the use of child safety restraint systems approved by the Secretary of Transportation on commercial aircraft.

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Introduced

23 March 1995

Last action

1 August 1996 · Committee

Status

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Sponsors

Rep. Lightfoot, Jim [R-IA-3], Rep. Lazio, Rick [R-NY-2], Rep. Clinger, William F., Jr. [R-PA-5], Rep. Dornan, Robert K. [R-CA-46], Rep. Lantos, Tom [D-CA-12], Rep. Meek, Carrie P. [D-FL-17], Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12], Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12], Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-3], Rep. Schaefer, Dan [R-CO-6], Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4], Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13], Rep. Vento, Bruce F. [D-MN-4], Rep. Weldon, Dave [R-FL-15], Rep. Wynn, Albert Russell [D-MD-4], Rep. Diaz-Balart, Lincoln [R-FL-21], Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51], Rep. Evans, Lane [D-IL-17], Rep. Morella, Constance A. [R-MD-8], Rep. Klink, Ron [D-PA-4], Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1], Rep. Davis, Tom [R-VA-11], Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6], Rep. Smith, Linda [R-WA-3], Rep. Pastor, Ed [D-AZ-4], Rep. Collins, Barbara-Rose [D-MI-15], Rep. Pelosi, Nancy [D-CA-11], Rep. Yates, Sidney R. [D-IL-9], Del. Frazer, Victor O. [I-VI-At Large], Rep. Gonzalez, Henry B. [D-TX-20], Sen. Torricelli, Robert G. [D-NJ], Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29], Rep. Clayton, Eva M. [D-NC-1], Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH], Rep. Mascara, Frank [D-PA-20], Rep. Parker, Mike [R-MS-4], Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large], Rep. Baldacci, John Elias [D-ME-2], Rep. Flake, Floyd H. [D-NY-6], Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5], Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20], Rep. Abercrombie, Neil [D-HI-1]

Subjects

Transport, Aviation

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Summary

Amends Federal transportation law to require the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations requiring the use of child safety restraint systems on commercial aircraft. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the U.S. representative to the International Civil Aviation Organization should seek an international standard to require that airline passengers be restrained on takeoff and landing and when directed by the captain of such aircraft.

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Timeline

23 March 1995
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Source: IntroReferral
23 March 1995
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
23 March 1995
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
6 April 1995
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Source: Committee
1 August 1996
Committee
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Source: Committee

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/house-bill/1309
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