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HR 2063 102th Congress House Transportation and Public Works Administrative procedure Airline passenger traffic Aviation agreements Aviation safety Commercial aircraft Families Seat belts Standards

To amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to require the use of child safety restraint systems approved by the Secretary of Transportation on commercial aircraft.

Introduced: April 24, 1991 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
May 6, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Apr 24, 1991
Referred to the House Committee on Public Works + Transportation.
Apr 24, 1991
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to require the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations requiring the use of child safety restraint systems 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 airline passengers be restrained on takeoff and landing and when directed by the captain of such aircraft.

What's happening now May 6, 1991

Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jul 11, 1991
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Apr 24, 1991
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2063: To amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to require the use of child safety restraint systems approved by the Secretary of Transportation on commercial aircraft.. 102nd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-2063/
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"H.R. 2063: To amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to require the use of child safety restraint systems approved by the Secretary of Transportation on commercial aircraft.." 102nd Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-2063/.
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H.R. 2063, 102nd Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-2063/.
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