[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4295 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4295

 To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to 
 collect and maintain data on the number of sexual assaults that occur 
  on aircraft during flights in passenger air transportation, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 25, 2014

  Ms. Norton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to 
 collect and maintain data on the number of sexual assaults that occur 
  on aircraft during flights in passenger air transportation, 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 ``Protecting Airline Passengers from 
Sexual Assaults Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. SEXUAL ASSAULT DATA.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration 
shall establish a program to collect and maintain data on the number of 
sexual assaults that occur on aircraft during flights in passenger air 
transportation.
    (b) Data Availability.--The Administrator shall make available to 
the public on the primary Internet Web site of the Federal Aviation 
Administration the data maintained under subsection (a).
    (c) Definitions.--In this section, the following definitions apply:
            (1) Air transportation.--The term ``air transportation'' 
        has the meaning given that term in section 40102(a)(5) of title 
        49, United States Code, and includes intrastate air 
        transportation.
            (2) Aircraft.--The term ``aircraft'' has the meaning given 
        that term in section 40102(a)(6) of title 49, United States 
        Code.
            (3) Intrastate air transportation.--The term ``intrastate 
        air transportation'' has the meaning given that term in section 
        40102(a)(27) of title 49, United States Code.
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