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HR 552 105th Congress House

Airliner Cabin Air Quality Act of 1997

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: February 4, 1997 See on congress.gov
Transportation and Public Works Air pollution controlAir qualityAirline passenger trafficAirlines
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Drug abuseEnvironmental ProtectionIndoor air pollutionPassive smokingSmoking
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This bill died when the 105th Congress ended
It never became law before the 105th Congress (1997–1998) 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.
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Feb 18, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Feb 4, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Feb 4, 1997
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 18, 1997

Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Airliner Cabin Air Quality Act of 1997 - 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.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 3 Independent 1
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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · May 22, 1997
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Mar 19, 1997
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Smith, Adam
Washington · Feb 25, 1997
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Lofgren, Zoe
California · Feb 13, 1997
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 552: Airliner Cabin Air Quality Act of 1997. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-552/
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