To require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to increase the rest periods of flight attendants to the same rest periods of pilots.

Summary

This bill requires the Federal Aviation Administration to increase the rest periods for flight attendants to ensure that a flight attendant scheduled to a duty period of 14 hours or less is given a scheduled rest period of at least 10 consecutive hours. The scheduled duty period may be reduced to at least 9 consecutive hours if the flight attendant is provided a subsequent rest period of at least 11 consecutive hours that: (1) is scheduled to begin within 24 hours after the beginning of the reduced rest period, and (2) occurs between the completion of the scheduled duty period and the commencement of the subsequent duty period.

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Timeline

1. 18 December 2015

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 18 December 2015

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 18 December 2015

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 21 December 2015

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

   Source: Committee

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 18 December 2015 · Official file

Documents

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 18 December 2015

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 18 December 2015

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 18 December 2015

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Sponsors

• Brenda Lawrence · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] · D · Sponsor
• Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Hahn, Janice [D-CA-44] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-17] · D · Cosponsor
• Karen Bass · D · Cosponsor
• · hspw00 · Standing

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