S 1877
102th Congress
Senate
Transportation and Public Works
Aviation safety
Commercial aircraft
Families
Seat belts
Standards
A bill to require the use of child restraint systems on commercial aircraft.
Introduced: October 25, 1991
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Everywhere this bill has been
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Introduced
In committee
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 25, 1991
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Oct 25, 1991
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration 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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1