[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2191 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2191

  To direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations with 
 respect to ensuring families are able to sit together on flights, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 23, 2013

  Mr. Nadler (for himself, Ms. Hahn, Mr. Rangel, and Mrs. Carolyn B. 
Maloney of New York) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
         to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
  To direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations with 
 respect to ensuring families are able to sit together on flights, 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 ``Families Flying Together Act of 
2013''.

SEC. 2. SEATING FAMILIES TOGETHER ON FLIGHTS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall issue 
regulations directing each air carrier to--
            (1) establish a policy to ensure, to the extent 
        practicable, that a family that purchases tickets for a flight 
        with that air carrier is seated together during that flight; 
        and
            (2) make the policy described in paragraph (1) available to 
        the public on an appropriate Internet Web site of the air 
        carrier.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section, the following definitions apply:
            (1) Air carrier.--The term ``air carrier'' has the meaning 
        given that term in section 40102(a) of title 49, United States 
        Code.
            (2) Family.--The term ``family'' means a grouping of 
        individuals that includes, at a minimum--
                    (A) a child who is 12 years of age or younger; and
                    (B) an individual who is--
                            (i) 18 years of age or older; and
                            (ii) responsible for accompanying that 
                        child, including a parent or legal guardian of 
                        that child.
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