[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 552 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 552

   To amend title 49, United States Code, to prohibit smoking on any 
scheduled airline flight segment in intrastate, interstate, or foreign 
                          air transportation.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 4, 1997

 Mr. Oberstar introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 49, United States Code, to prohibit smoking on any 
scheduled airline flight segment in intrastate, interstate, or foreign 
                          air transportation.

    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 ``Airliner Cabin Air Quality Act of 
1997''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITIONS AGAINST SMOKING ON SCHEDULED FLIGHTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 41706 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 41706. Prohibitions against smoking on scheduled flights
    ``(a) Smoking Prohibition in Intrastate and Interstate Air 
Transportation.--An individual may not smoke in an aircraft on a 
scheduled airline flight segment in interstate air transportation or 
intrastate air transportation.
    ``(b) Smoking Prohibition in Foreign Air Transportation.--The 
Secretary of Transportation shall require all air carriers and foreign 
air carriers to prohibit, on and after the 120th day following the date 
of the enactment of the Airliner Cabin Air Quality Act of 1997, smoking 
in any aircraft on a scheduled airline flight segment within the United 
States or between a place in the United States and a place outside the 
United States.
    ``(c) Limitation on Applicability.--With respect to an aircraft 
operated by a foreign air carrier, the smoking prohibitions contained 
in subsections (a) and (b) shall apply only to the passenger cabin and 
lavatory of the aircraft.
    ``(d) Regulations.--The Secretary shall prescribe regulations 
necessary to carry out this section.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on the 60th day following the date of the enactment of this 
Act.
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