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S 2745 111th Congress Senate Transportation and Public Works Administrative law and regulatory procedures Aviation and airports Department of Transportation Telephone and wireless communication Transportation employees Transportation safety and security

Distracted Flying Act

Introduced: November 5, 2009 See on congress.gov
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It never became law before the 111th Congress (2009–2010) 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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Nov 5, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Nov 5, 2009
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Distracted Flying Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to initiate a rulemaking for regulations prohibiting, except for operational, emergency safety-related, or employment- related communications, commercial flight crew members from using personal wireless communications devices or laptop computers while on duty on the flight deck of an aircraft that is in operation.

Subjects persons to certain penalties for violations of the requirements of this Act.

What's happening now November 5, 2009

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Nov 5, 2009
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2745: Distracted Flying Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-2745/
MLA
"S. 2745: Distracted Flying Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-2745/.
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S. 2745, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-2745/.
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