3.0.0 2769 2023-01-11T13:31:26Z 2023-01-11T13:31:26Z Senate S 2016-04-07 114 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-04-07T21:08:44Z Airline Consumer Protection Act of 2016 114 5291 HR 2016-05-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. Related bill CRS 2016-04-07 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2016-04-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. N B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2016-04-07 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2016-04-07 True M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2016-04-07 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2016-04-07 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2016-04-07 True B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2016-04-07 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2016-04-07 True S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI 2016-04-07 True W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2016-04-07 True H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2016-04-11 False Transportation and Public Works Administrative law and regulatory procedures Aviation and airports Consumer affairs Department of Transportation Marketing and advertising Transportation safety and security Transportation and Public Works 00 2016-04-07 Introduced in Senate 2016-08-08T18:54:45Z This bill requires the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to prohibit any air carrier that transports passengers by aircraft as a common carrier for compensation from reducing the size, width, padding, or pitch of seats; the amount of leg room per seat; or the width of aisles on such aircraft.

The FAA must prescribe regulations: (1) establishing minimum standards for space for the safety, health, and comfort of aircraft passengers; and (2) requiring each air carrier to prominently display on its website the amount of space available for each passenger on aircraft it operates.

]]> A bill to require the Federal Aviation Administration to establish minimum standards for space for passengers on passenger aircraft. Display Title A bill to require the Federal Aviation Administration to establish minimum standards for space for passengers on passenger aircraft. Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Federal Aviation Administration to establish minimum standards for space for passengers on passenger aircraft. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2769is/xml/BILLS-114s2769is.xml 2016-04-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.