113 HR 4295 IH: Protecting Airline Passengers from Sexual Assaults Act of 2014 U.S. House of Representatives 2014-03-25 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4295 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 25, 2014 Ms. Norton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to collect and maintain data on the number of sexual assaults that occur on aircraft during flights in passenger air transportation, and for other purposes.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Protecting Airline Passengers from Sexual Assaults Act of 2014.

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Sexual assault data

(a)

In general

Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall establish a program to collect and maintain data on the number of sexual assaults that occur on aircraft during flights in passenger air transportation. (b)

Data availability

The Administrator shall make available to the public on the primary Internet Web site of the Federal Aviation Administration the data maintained under subsection (a). (c)

Definitions

In this section, the following definitions apply: (1)

Air transportation

The term air transportation has the meaning given that term in section 40102(a)(5) of title 49, United States Code, and includes intrastate air transportation. (2)

Aircraft

The term aircraft has the meaning given that term in section 40102(a)(6) of title 49, United States Code. (3)

Intrastate air transportation

The term intrastate air transportation has the meaning given that term in section 40102(a)(27) of title 49, United States Code.