S 596
101th Congress
Senate
Transportation and Public Works
Administrative procedure
Air piracy
Aviation safety
Information services
Telephone
Terrorism
A bill to make available certain information involving threats to the safety of international commercial airline travel.
Introduced: March 15, 1989
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Became law
Mar 15, 1989
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Mar 15, 1989
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English 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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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Committees of jurisdiction
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Cosponsors
1