[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Con. Res. 77 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.Con.Res. 77
                                       Agreed to October 5, 1994        

                       One Hundred Third Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
 the twenty-fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-
                                  four


                          Concurrent Resolution

Whereas the United States has a responsibility to protect the health 
  and safety of United States air travelers in the United States and 
  abroad;
Whereas the United States ended the practice of aircraft cabin 
  disinsection 15 years ago after determining that the process was 
  ineffective and posed a possible health risk to aircraft passengers;
Whereas 27 countries require disinsection of aircraft cabins by the 
  spraying of an insecticide while passengers are on board the aircraft 
  or by a residual pesticide treatment which is not registered for use 
  in the United States;
Whereas nearly 10,000,000 people fly every year from the United States 
  to countries that require disinsection of aircraft;
Whereas United States pilots and flight attendants on flights to such 
  countries are repeatedly exposed to the chemicals used in 
  disinsection of aircraft;
Whereas approximately 53,000,000 Americans, more than 20 percent of the 
  population, suffer chronic respiratory problems that put them at 
  special risk to aircraft cabin disinsection procedures;
Whereas no tests have been conducted to determine whether insecticides 
  used for aircraft cabin disinsection are safe for use in unventilated 
  aircraft cabins or for people with chemical sensitivities or 
  breathing conditions;
Whereas there has been a decrease in the number of insecticides 
  registered for aircraft cabin disinsection by the Environmental 
  Protection Agency by reason of the health concerns raised with 
  respect to such insecticides, and there is no indication that 
  insecticides produced in foreign countries which might serve to 
  replace such insecticides present any less threat to health;
Whereas Annex 9 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation, done 
  at Chicago, December 7, 1944, states that ``Contracting States shall 
  ensure that their procedures for disinsecting or any other remedial 
  measure are not injurious to the health of passengers and crew and 
  cause the minimum of discomfort to them'';
Whereas the Facilitation Division of the International Civil Aviation 
  Organization is scheduled to meet in the Spring of 1995 to discuss 
  changes to the standards set forth in Annex 9 to the Convention; and
Whereas the United States will be a participant at that meeting: Now, 
  therefore, be it
    Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), 
That it is the sense of Congress that the United States delegation to 
the Spring 1995 meeting of the Facilitation Division of the 
International Civil Aviation Organization--
        (1) seek to amend the Convention on International Civil 
    Aviation, done at Chicago, December 7, 1944, to end aircraft 
    disinsection practices that threaten the health of aircraft 
    passengers and crew; and
        (2) make every effort to gain the support and cosponsorship of 
    other member nations of the organization in that amendment.
  Attest:







                                               Secretary of the Senate.

  Attest:







                                 Clerk of the House of Representatives.