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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4446 
To require air carriers and foreign air carriers to provide on a publicly 
available website of the carrier information on requirements for on- 
board wheelchairs, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 30, 2023 
Mr. STANTON (for himself and Mr. VAN DREW) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To require air carriers and foreign air carriers to provide 
on a publicly available website of the carrier information 
on requirements for on-board wheelchairs, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Store On-Board 
Wheelchairs in Cabin Act of 2023’’. 
SEC. 2. ON-BOARD WHEELCHAIRS. 
(a) REQUIREMENTS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case an aircraft that 
is required to be equipped with an on-board wheel-
chair in accordance with section 382.65 of title 14, 
Code of Federal Regulations, an air carrier and a 
foreign air carrier shall provide in a prominent place 
on a publicly available internet website of the car-
rier, and in any place where a passenger can make 
a reservation, information regarding the rights and 
responsibilities of both passengers on such aircraft 
and the air carrier or foreign air carrier, including— 
(A) that an air carrier or foreign air car-
rier is required to equip aircraft that have more 
than 60 passenger seats and that have an ac-
cessible lavatory (whether or not having such a 
lavatory is required by section 382.63 of such 
title 14) with an on-board wheelchair unless an 
exception described in such section 382.65 ap-
plies; 
(B) that a qualified individual with a dis-
ability may request an on-board wheelchair on 
aircraft with more than 60 passenger seats even 
if the lavatory is not accessible and that the 
basis of such request must be that the indi-
vidual can use an inaccessible lavatory but can-
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not reach it from a seat without using an on- 
board wheelchair; 
(C) that the air carrier or foreign air car-
rier may require the qualified individual with a 
disability to provide the advance notice specified 
in section 382.27 of such title 14 in order for 
the individual to be provided with the on-board 
wheelchair; and 
(D) if the air carrier or foreign air carrier 
requires the advance notice described in sub-
paragraph (C), information on how a qualified 
individual with a disability can make such a re-
quest. 
(2) ANNUAL TRAINING.—An air carrier and a 
foreign air carriers shall require that all personnel 
who regularly interact with the traveling public, in-
cluding contractors, complete annual training re-
garding assisting qualified individual with a dis-
ability, including regarding the availability of acces-
sible lavatories and on-board wheelchairs and such 
individual’s right to request an on-board wheelchair. 
(3) PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN.—The Sec-
retary shall conduct a public awareness campaign on 
the rights of qualified individuals with a disability, 
including with respect to accessible lavatories and 
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such individual’s right to request an on-board wheel-
chair in accordance with section 382.65 of title 14, 
Code of Federal Regulations. 
(4) QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL WITH A DISABILITY 
DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘qualified 
individual with a disability’’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 382.3 of title 14, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations. 
(5) PENALTIES.—The Secretary may assess a 
civil penalty in accordance with section 46301 of 
title 49, United States Code, to any air carrier or 
foreign air carrier who fails to meet the require-
ments under paragraph (1) or (2). 
(b) INCREASED CIVIL PENALTIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 46301(a)(7) of title 
49, United States Code, is amended— 
(A) in the paragraph heading, by striking 
‘‘TO HARM’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘BOD-
ILY HARM OR DAMAGE TO WHEELCHAIR OR 
OTHER
MOBILITY
AID’’ and inserting 
‘‘DAMAGE TO WHEELCHAIR OR OTHER MO-
BILITY AID, BODILY HARM, OR FAILURE TO 
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EQUIP AIRCRAFT WITH A WHEELCHAIR’’; 
and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘or injury to a pas-
senger with a disability’’ and inserting ‘‘, 
injury to a passenger with a disability, or 
a failure to equip an aircraft with an on- 
board wheelchair pursuant to section 
382.65 of title 14, Code of Federal Regula-
tions (or a successor regulation)’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by paragraph (1) shall apply to flights occurring on 
or after the effective date of the revision described 
in subsection (a). 
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