Families Fly Together Act of 2023

Subjects: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:  <p><b>Families Fly Together Act of 2023 </b></p> <p>This bill requires all air carriers that provide air transportation to ensure children age 13 and under are seated adjacent to their family members on flights without mandating extra fees.</p> <p>Additionally, the Department of Transportation must investigate and publish data regarding violations of the requirement.</p>

<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 525 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 525

 To amend title 49, United States Code, to ensure that a child can sit 
       next to a family member on a flight at no additional cost.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 16, 2023

     Mr. Markey (for himself, Mr. Schumer, Ms. Klobuchar, and Mr. 
  Blumenthal) 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 amend title 49, United States Code, to ensure that a child can sit 
       next to a family member on a flight at no additional cost.

    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 ``Families Fly Together Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. ENSURING THAT A CHILD CAN SIT NEXT TO A FAMILY MEMBER ON A 
              FLIGHT AT NO ADDITIONAL COST.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter I of chapter 417 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 41727. Ensuring that a child can sit next to a family member on 
              a flight at no additional cost
    ``(a) In General.--Beginning on the date that is 6 months after the 
date of enactment of this section, each air carrier providing air 
transportation shall ensure that a child, who is age 13 or under on the 
date the flight is scheduled to occur, is able to be seated in a seat 
adjacent to the seat of an accompanying family member at no additional 
cost to the base fare price.
    ``(b) Investigations of Complaints.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary of Transportation shall 
        investigate each complaint of a violation of the requirement 
        under subsection (a).
            ``(2) Publication of data.--The Secretary of Transportation 
        shall publish data on complaints of violations of the 
        requirement under subsection (a) in a manner comparable to 
        other consumer complaint data.
    ``(c) Family Member.--For purposes of subsection (a), the term 
`family member' means, with respect to a child described in such 
subsection, an individual who is--
            ``(1) 16 years of age or older; and
            ``(2) responsible for accompanying such child, including a 
        parent or legal guardian of such child.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 417 of such title 
is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 41726 the 
following:

``41727. Ensuring that a child can sit next to a family member on a 
                            flight at no additional cost.''.
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