Stop Airplane Seat Shrinking Act

Bill: 117-hr-9637
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-45]
Introduced: 2022-12-20
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Latest action: action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-12-20
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Stop Airplane Seat Shrinking Act</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits air carriers from reducing the size of passenger seats on aircraft until the Federal Aviation Administration issues a final rule establishing minimum dimensions for passenger seats.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9637 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 20, 2022 Ms. Porter introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stop Airplane Seat Shrinking Act . 2. 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 ).