HR 5788
110th Congress
House
Transportation and Public Works
Airline passenger traffic
Airlines
Commerce
Science, Technology, Communications
Telephone
Wireless communication
Halting Airplane Noise to Give Us Peace Act of 2008
Introduced: April 15, 2008
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Everywhere this bill has been
8 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 28, 2008
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 580.
Sep 28, 2008
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation. H. Rept. 110-900.
Jul 31, 2008
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Jul 31, 2008
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jul 31, 2008
Subcommittee on Aviation Discharged.
Apr 16, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Apr 15, 2008
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Apr 15, 2008
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Halting Airplane Noise to Give Us Peace Act of 2008 - Prohibits any individual (except flight crew members, flight attendants, or federal law enforcement officers) from engaging in voice communications using a mobile communications device on a passenger aircraft during a flight.
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to require all domestic and foreign air carriers to adopt this prohibition.
Authorizes the Secretary to waive this prohibition for air carriers of foreign countries that have negotiated an alternative prohibition on voice communications using such devices during a flight.
What's happening now
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 580.
Committees of jurisdiction
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