[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Con. Res. 117 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

  2d Session
S. CON. RES. 117

 Expressing the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Transportation 
    should exercise reasonable judgment in promulgating regulations 
    relating to airline flights and should rescind the directive to 
            establish peanut-free zones on airline flights.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 11, 1998

 Mr. Coverdell (for himself and Mr. Shelby) submitted the following 
        concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
        Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Transportation 
    should exercise reasonable judgment in promulgating regulations 
    relating to airline flights and should rescind the directive to 
            establish peanut-free zones on airline flights.

Whereas policies of the Federal Government should recognize that the Centers for 
        Disease Control and Prevention has determined that \1/10\ of 1 percent 
        of the population of the United States is allergic to peanuts;
Whereas the Secretary of Transportation has issued a directive to establish 
        peanut-free zones on domestic airline flights;
Whereas establishing peanut-free zones is an excessive regulation to that 
        important problem;
Whereas that directive unfairly singles out 1 product while ignoring all other 
        allergens;
Whereas that directive subrogates the rights of the 99.9 percent of the 
        traveling public who are not allergic to peanuts;
Whereas the Secretary of Transportation states in that directive that the only 
        danger to allergenic passengers is accidental ingestion of peanuts;
Whereas establishing a precedent for peanut-free zones in airplanes might 
        needlessly establish allergen-free zones for all public transportation, 
        including buses, trains, subways, and cable cars; and
Whereas the Secretary of Transportation should rescind the directive that 
        requires major United States air carriers to reserve up to 3 rows on 
        airplanes for people who are allergic to peanuts: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), 
That it is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Transportation 
should rescind the directive pertaining to peanut-free zones on airline 
flights.
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