[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2856 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2856

 To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to 
issue regulations relating to recirculation of fresh air in commercial 
                   aircraft, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 6, 1997

  Mr. Nadler (for himself and Mr. Campbell) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to 
issue regulations relating to recirculation of fresh air in commercial 
                   aircraft, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. RECIRCULATION OF FRESH AIR IN COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT.

    Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall 
issue--
            (1) regulations which require that each aircraft operated 
        by an air carrier or foreign air carrier to provide air 
        transportation have a ventilation system which provides in the 
        cabin of the aircraft not less than 20 cubic feet of fresh air 
        per minute per person in the cabin; and
            (2) regulations relating to--
                    (A) monitoring of recirculating air filters to 
                ensure that such filters are changed when they need to 
                be;
                    (B) maintaining a minimum standard of humidity in 
                the cabin of the aircraft; and
                    (C) monitoring of ozone levels in the cabin to 
                assure compliance with current regulations.

SEC. 2. REPORTING OF AIR TRAVEL RELATED ILLNESSES.

    (a) Toll Free Telephone Number.--Not later than 60 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal 
Aviation Administration shall establish and maintain a toll free 
telephone number system for receiving telephone calls to report 
illnesses relating to air travel on aircraft used to provide air 
transportation of passengers.
    (b) Reporting.--The Administrator shall prepare, publish, and 
transmit to Congress a quarterly report on the telephone calls received 
under subsection (a). Each such report shall contain, at a minimum, the 
total number of calls received during the preceding calendar quarter, 
the total number of such calls for each type of illness established by 
the Administrator, and the total number of such calls for each class of 
aircraft established by the Administrator per type of illness.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act, the terms ``air carrier'', ``aircraft'', 
``air transportation'', and ``foreign air carrier'' have the meaning 
such terms have under section 40102 of title 49, United States Code.

SEC. 4. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Aviation Clear Air Act''.
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