[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1913 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1913

To require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to 
prescribe regulations requiring air carriers to provide passengers with 
       certain amenities and facilities, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 18, 2011

 Ms. Landrieu introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to 
prescribe regulations requiring air carriers to provide passengers with 
       certain amenities and facilities, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Basic Airline Services to Improve 
Customer Satisfaction Act''.

SEC. 2. REGULATIONS REQUIRING AIR CARRIERS TO PROVIDE CERTAIN AMENITIES 
              AND FACILITIES TO PASSENGERS.

    Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall 
prescribe regulations--
            (1) to require an air carrier operating under part 121 of 
        title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, to permit each passenger 
        who has purchased a ticket for air transportation on the air 
        carrier to, without paying a charge in addition to the price of 
        the ticket--
                    (A) check one bag that is not considered overweight 
                or oversized pursuant to the policy of the air carrier 
                in effect on the day before the date of the enactment 
                of this Act;
                    (B) carry on to the aircraft one personal item and 
                one carry-on bag that are not considered overweight or 
                oversized pursuant to that policy; and
                    (C) once the passenger boards the aircraft, have 
                access to--
                            (i) a seat;
                            (ii) potable water; and
                            (iii) bathroom facilities; and
            (2) to impose a civil penalty on an air carrier that fails 
        to comply with the regulations prescribed under paragraph (1).
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