[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1039 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1039

 To require the use of child restraint systems on commercial aircraft.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                May 27 (legislative day, April 19), 1993

   Mr. Bond introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the use of child restraint systems 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 enactment of this subsection, the Administrator shall issue 
regulations requiring the use of child safety restraint systems 
approved by the Administrator on air carriers providing interstate air 
transportation, intrastate air transportation, and 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 on commercial aircraft.''.

SEC. 2. INTERNATIONAL STANDARD.

    It is the sense of the 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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