A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to require the use of child restraint systems approved by the Secretary of Transportation on commercial aircraft, and for other purposes.

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Amends Federal aviation law to direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations requiring the use of federally-approved child safety restraint systems (including weight and age limits) on commercial aircraft. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States representative to the International Civil Aviation Organization should seek an international standard to require that passengers on civil aviation aircraft be restrained: (1) on takeoff and landing; and (2) when directed by the aircraft captain.

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 5 March 1997

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 5 March 1997

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• Introduced in Senate

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