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Safety is Not for Sale Act of 2019

Introduced: December 11, 2019 Introduced by: Cohen, Steve Democratic · Tennessee See on congress.gov
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Dec 12, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Dec 11, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Dec 11, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Safety is Not for Sale Act of 2019

This bill directs the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to require aircraft manufacturers to offer or provide non-required safety enhancing equipment without an additional charge to an air carrier.

The FAA must implement a program to identify, classify, and approve certain non-required safety enhancing equipment.

The FAA must also establish performance standards for aircraft angle of attack indicators, disagree alerts, and backup fire suppressions systems.

What's happening now December 12, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5401: Safety is Not for Sale Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5401/
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"H.R. 5401: Safety is Not for Sale Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5401/.
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H.R. 5401, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5401/.
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