117 HR 9637 IH: Stop Airplane Seat Shrinking Act U.S. House of Representatives 2022-12-20 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I117th CONGRESS2d SessionH. R. 9637IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESDecember 20, 2022Ms. Porter introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and InfrastructureA BILLTo direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to take certain actions to prohibit air carriers from reducing the size of passenger seats on aircraft, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Stop Airplane Seat Shrinking Act.

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Minimum dimensions of passenger seats

The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall take such actions as are necessary to prohibit air carriers (as such term is defined in section 40102(a) of title 49, United States Code) from reducing the size of a passenger seat on an aircraft operated by such air carrier until the Administrator issues a final rule establishing minimum dimensions for passenger seats, as required under section 577 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–254).