US SB2745 | 2009-2010 | 111th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on November 5 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-11-05 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on November 5 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-11-05 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Distracted Flying Act - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to initiate a rulemaking for regulations prohibiting, except for operational, emergency safety-related, or employment- related communications, commercial flight crew members from using personal wireless communications devices or laptop computers while on duty on the flight deck of an aircraft that is in operation. Subjects persons to certain penalties for violations of the requirements of this Act.
Title
Distracted Flying Act
Sponsors
| Sen. Byron Dorgan [D-ND] | Sen. Al Franken [D-MN] | Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN] | Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D-NJ] |
| Sen. John Rockefeller [D-WV] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2009-11-05 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. |
Subjects
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Department of Transportation
Telephone and wireless communication
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/2745/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/s2745/BILLS-111s2745is.pdf |
