3.0.0 1459 2025-12-05T08:37:00Z 2025-12-05T08:37:00Z Senate S S 2023-05-04 118 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1459 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2023-05-04T17:45:57Z 118 1939 S 2024-02-29 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 335. Related bill CRS 118 3935 HR 2024-05-16 Became Public Law No: 118-63. Related bill CRS 118 3082 HR 2023-05-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. Identical bill CRS 2023-05-04 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2023-05-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL N T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD 2023-05-04 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2023-06-14 False F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2023-06-14 False K000377 Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ] Mark Kelly D AZ 2023-09-28 False Transportation and Public Works Transportation and Public Works 2023-05-23T18:45:19Z

00 2023-05-04 Introduced in Senate 2024-11-04T16:36:26Z <p><strong>Mobility Aids On Board Improve Lives and Empower All Act or the MOBILE Act</strong></p><p>This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to issue regulations related to the accommodations that air carriers and foreign air carriers make for passengers with wheelchairs (including power wheelchairs, manual wheelchairs, and scooters); DOT must also develop a road map and study the issue.</p><p>Specifically, air carriers must publish the dimensions of aircraft cargo holds. An air carrier must offer a full refund to an individual with a disability who is traveling with a wheelchair and cannot fly on the existing aircraft because the cargo hold cannot physically accommodate the wheelchair.</p><p>DOT must also</p><ul><li>evaluate data on the mishandling of wheelchairs on aircraft (e.g., damages, delays, or loss) and submit a publicly available report to Congress, which must include&nbsp;DOT's plans to address issues in the report;</li><li>submit a strategic road map to Congress describing how DOT and the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (the Access Board) will establish a research program on the feasibility of main cabin wheelchair restraint systems; and</li><li>study, if DOT first determines doing so would be technically feasible, the economic and financial feasibility of air carriers accommodating passengers with wheelchairs in the main cabin during flight.</li></ul>

Display Title 45 2024-07-24T15:22:17Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 2024-05-24T13:40:11Z Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 2024-05-24T13:40:11Z Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced 6 2023-05-20T03:43:47Z Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118s1459is/xml/BILLS-118s1459is.xml 2023-05-04 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.