[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2962 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2962

To amend title 49, United States Code, with respect to prohibiting the 
   use of electronic cigarettes on passenger flights, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 20, 2017

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 49, United States Code, with respect to prohibiting the 
   use of electronic cigarettes on passenger 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 ``Banning the Use of Electronic 
Cigarettes on Airplanes Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITIONS AGAINST SMOKING ON PASSENGER FLIGHTS.

    Section 41706 of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following:
    ``(d) Electronic Cigarettes.--
            ``(1) Inclusion.--The use of an electronic cigarette shall 
        be treated as smoking for purposes of this section.
            ``(2) Electronic cigarette defined.--In this section, the 
        term `electronic cigarette' means a device that delivers 
        nicotine or other substances to a user of the device in the 
        form of a vapor that is inhaled to simulate the experience of 
        smoking.''.
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