[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3064 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3064

 To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to 
  issue regulations to limit the number of pieces of carry-on baggage 
   that a passenger may bring on an airplane to 1 piece of carry-on 
                         baggage per passenger.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 13, 1997

 Mr. Lipinski 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 to limit the number of pieces of carry-on baggage 
   that a passenger may bring on an airplane to 1 piece of carry-on 
                         baggage per passenger.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Carry-On Baggage Reduction Act of 
1997''.

SEC. 2. CARRY-ON BAGGAGE.

    (a) Regulations.--Not later than 6 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration shall modify regulations contained in section 121.589 of 
title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, to require that each certificate 
holder (as the term is used in such section) include in the certificate 
holder's carry-on baggage program a requirement that each passenger be 
limited to 1 piece of carry-on baggage when boarding an airplane of the 
certificate holder.
    (b) Passenger Defined.--In this section, the term ``passenger'' 
includes any child under the age of 2 who boards an airplane of a 
certificate holder, without regard to whether the boarding resulted 
from the purchase of a ticket for air transportation for the child.
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