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S 1524 104th Congress Senate

Airliner Cabin Air Quality Act of 1996

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

Introduced: April 23, 1996 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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This bill died when the 104th Congress ended
It never became law before the 104th Congress (1995–1996) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Jan 24, 1996
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Jan 24, 1996
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S346)
Jan 24, 1996
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action January 24, 1996

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Airliner Cabin Air Quality Act of 1996 - 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
  • HR 969 Identical bill Airliner Cabin Air Quality Act of 1995
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

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All 1 Democratic 1
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Murray, Patty
Washington · Apr 23, 1996
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1524: Airliner Cabin Air Quality Act of 1996. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-S-1524/
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"S. 1524: Airliner Cabin Air Quality Act of 1996." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-S-1524/.
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S. 1524, 104th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/104-S-1524/.
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