[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2536 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2536

To require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to 
   issue a notice of proposed rulemaking regarding the inclusion in 
    aircraft medical kits of medications and equipment to meet the 
                  emergency medical needs of children.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 10, 2016

 Mr. Schatz (for himself and Mr. Moran) 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 
   issue a notice of proposed rulemaking regarding the inclusion in 
    aircraft medical kits of medications and equipment to meet the 
                  emergency medical needs of children.

    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 ``Airplane Kids In Transit Safety Act 
of 2016'' or the ``Airplane KITS Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING RELATING TO AIRCRAFT MEDICAL 
              KITS.

    Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall issue a 
notice of proposed rulemaking to revise regulations regarding the 
medications and equipment required to be carried in medical kits of 
aircraft operated by air carriers to include appropriate medications 
and equipment to meet the emergency medical needs of children, such as 
an epinephrine auto-injector.
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