[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1533 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1533

 To amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to require the use of child 
safety restraint systems approved by the Secretary of Transportation on 
                          commercial aircraft.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 30, 1993

 Mr. Lightfoot (for himself, Mrs. Unsoeld, Mr. de Lugo, Mr. Vento, Mr. 
 Jacobs, Mr. Shays, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Clinger, Mr. Frost, Ms. Norton, 
Mr. Wynn, Mr. Lantos, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Filner, Mr. Leach, Mrs. Meek, 
 Mr. Fish, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Towns, Mr. Romero-Barcelo, Mr. Lazio, Ms. 
 Roybal-Allard, Ms. Kaptur, and Mr. Hancock) introduced the following 
     bill; which was referred to the Committee on Public Works and 
                             Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to require the use of child 
safety restraint systems approved by the Secretary of Transportation on 
                          commercial aircraft.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS ON COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT.

    (a) In General.--Section 601 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 
(49 U.S.C. App. 1421) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(g) Child Restraint Systems.--Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall issue 
regulations requiring the use of child safety restraint systems 
approved by the Secretary on any aircraft operated by an air carrier in 
providing interstate air transportation, intrastate transportation, or 
overseas air transportation. Such regulations shall establish age or 
weight limits for children who are to use such systems.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of contents contained in the 
first section of such Act is amended by inserting at the end of the 
matter relating to section 601 the following new item:

        ``(g) Child restraint systems.''.

SEC. 2. INTERNATIONAL STANDARD.

    It is the sense of Congress that the United States representative 
to the International Civil Aviation Organization should seek an 
international standard to require that passengers on a civil aviation 
aircraft be restrained on takeoff and landing and when directed by the 
captain of such aircraft.

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