Union Calendar No. 419

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4495

[Report No. 103–771]

A BILL

To amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to protransportation. ments in air transportation or intrastate air hibit smoking on all scheduled airline flight segOCTOBER 3, 1994

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Commitordered to be printed tee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and
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Union Calendar No. 419

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4495

[Report No. 103–771]

To amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to prohibit smoking on all

scheduled airline flight segments in air transportation or intrastate air

transportation.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 25, 1994

Mr. OBERSTAR (for himself and Mr. LEWIS of Georgia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Public Works and

Transportation

OCTOBER 3, 1994

Additional sponsors: Mr. SWETT, Mr. DE LUGO, Mr. WASHINGTON, Mr. MILLER of California, Mr. BORSKI, Mr. LAFALCE, Mr. EVANS, Mr. SYNAR,

Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. JOHNSTON of Florida,

Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. WAXMAN, Mrs. MORELLA, Mr. CANADY, Ms. NORTON,

Mr. STARK, Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota, Mr. YATES, Ms. CANTWELL,

Mr. BARCIA of Michigan, Mr. HAMBURG, and Mr. LIPINSKI

OCTOBER 3, 1994

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]

A BILL

To amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to prohibit

smoking on all scheduled airline flight segments in air

transportation or intrastate air transportation.
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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Airliner Cabin Air

5 Quality Act of 1994’’.

6 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION AGAINST SMOKING ON SCHEDULED

7 FLIGHTS.

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 404(d)(1)(A) of the Fed9 eral Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. App. 1374(d)(1)(A))

10 is amended by striking ‘‘, which is’’ and all that follows

11 before the period at the end.

12 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by

13 subsection (a) shall take effect on the 60th day following

14 the date of the enactment of this Act.

15 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

16 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Airliner Cabin Air

17 Quality Act of 1994’’.

18 SEC. 2. PROHIBITIONS AGAINST SMOKING ON SCHEDULED

19 FLIGHTS.

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 41706 of title 49, United

21 States Code, is amended to read as follows:

22 ‘‘§ 41706. Prohibitions against smoking on scheduled

23 flights

24 ‘‘(a) SMOKING PROHIBITION IN INTRASTATE AND

25 INTERSTATE AIR TRANSPORTATION.—An individual may
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1 not smoke in the passenger cabin or lavatory of an aircraft

2 on a scheduled airline flight segment in interstate air trans3 portation or intrastate air transportation.

4 ‘‘(b) SMOKING PROHIBITION IN FOREIGN AIR TRANS5 PORTATION.—The Secretary of Transportation shall require

6 all air carriers and foreign air carriers to prohibit, on and

7 after the 120th day following the date of the enactment of

8 the Airliner Cabin Air Quality Act of 1994, smoking in

9 the passenger cabin and lavatory of any aircraft on a sched10 uled airline flight segment within the United States or be11 tween a place in the United States and a place outside the

12 United States.

13 ‘‘(c) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall prescribe

14 regulations necessary to carry out this section.’’.

15 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub16 section (a) shall take effect on the 60th day following the

17 date of the enactment of this Act.