A bill to make available certain information involving threats to the safety of international commercial airline travel.

Summary

Requires the Secretary of Transportation, within 60 days after enactment of this Act, to: (1) establish a system for evaluating threats to the safety of international commercial airline travel; (2) establish a 24-hour toll-free consumer hotline to inform the public of such threats; and (3) issue regulations requiring any commercial air carrier to cancel any international flight with respect to which the Secretary determines a serious threat exists.

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Timeline

1. 15 March 1989

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 15 March 1989

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · undated · Official file

Documents

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

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• Introduced in Senate

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Sponsors

• Sen. D'Amato, Alfonse [R-NY] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA-3] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT-2] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Breaux, John B. [D-LA-7] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Simon, Paul [D-IL-24] · D · Cosponsor
• · sscm00 · Standing

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