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HR 969 104th Congress House

Airliner Cabin Air Quality Act of 1995

Official title: To amend title 49, United States Code, to prohibit smoking on any scheduled airline flight segment in intrastate, interstate, or foreign air transportation.

Introduced: October 10, 1995 See on congress.gov
Transportation and Public Works Air pollution controlAir qualityAirline passenger trafficAirlines
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Drug abuseEnvironmental ProtectionIndoor air pollutionSmoking
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 16, 1996
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Mar 2, 1995
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Feb 16, 1995
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E371-372)
Feb 15, 1995
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation.
Feb 15, 1995
Introduced in House
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 Latest action July 16, 1996

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Airliner Cabin Air Quality Act of 1995 - Amends Federal transportation law to prohibit smoking on all scheduled airline flight segments (currently, just on certain airline flight segments) in interstate or intrastate air transportation.

Directs the Secretary of Transportation to require all domestic and foreign air carriers to prohibit smoking on any scheduled airline flight within the United States or between a place in the United States and a place outside of it.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1524 Identical bill Airliner Cabin Air Quality Act of 1996
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 7 Independent 1
D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Jun 5, 1996
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Oct 10, 1995
 D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Sep 13, 1995
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jul 26, 1995
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · May 17, 1995
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Mar 23, 1995
LIPINSKI, WILLIAM
· Mar 13, 1995
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Mar 13, 1995
 D
Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Mar 13, 1995
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