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<title>Families Flying Together Act of 2013</title>
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<action-date>2013-05-23</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>Families Flying Together Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to issue regulations directing each air carrier to: (1) establish a policy to ensure that a family that purchases tickets for a flight is seated together during that flight, and (2) make the policy available to the public on the air carrier's website.</p> <p>Defines &quot;family&quot; to mean a grouping of individuals that, at a minimum, includes: (1) a child age 12 years or younger; and (2) an individual age 18 years or older and responsible for accompanying that child, including a parent or legal guardian of that child.</p>]]></summary-text>
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