United States · Bill · S
S. 2745 (111th)
Distracted Flying Act
Introduced
5 November 2009
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Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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14 August 2025
Summary
Distracted Flying Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to initiate a rulemaking for regulations prohibiting, except for operational, emergency safety-related, or employment- related communications, commercial flight crew members from using personal wireless communications devices or laptop computers while on duty on the flight deck of an aircraft that is in operation. Subjects persons to certain penalties for violations of the requirements of this Act.
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Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 5 November 2009
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 5 November 2009
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 5 November 2009
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/2745
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/s/2745