[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 754 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 754

  To amend title 49, United States Code, to require the use of child 
safety restraint systems approved by the Secretary of Transportation on 
                          commercial aircraft.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 13, 1997

  Mr. DeFazio (for himself, Mr. Shays, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. 
Filner, Mrs. Morella, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Evans, Mr. Horn, 
Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Blagojevich, Ms. Norton, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. 
Rahall, Mrs. Carson, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. Mascara, Mr. Flake, 
    Mr. Gonzalez, Mrs. Clayton, Mr. Lantos, Ms. Pelosi, and Mr. Dan 
Schaefer of Colorado) 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 require the use of child 
safety restraint systems approved by the Secretary of Transportation 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.--Chapter 447 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 44725. Child restraint systems
    ``Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this 
section, the Secretary shall issue regulations requiring the use of 
child safety restraint systems approved by the Secretary on any 
aircraft operated by an air carrier in providing interstate air 
transportation, intrastate transportation, or overseas air 
transportation. Such regulations shall establish age or weight limits 
for children who are to use such systems.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

``44725. Child restraint systems.''.

SEC. 2. INTERNATIONAL STANDARD.

    It is the sense of 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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