A bill to prohibit cell phone voice communications during passenger flights.
Commercial Flight Courtesy Act of 2017
This bill requires the Department of Transportation (DOT) to issue regulations prohibiting an individual on an aircraft from engaging in voice communications using a mobile device during a flight in scheduled passenger interstate or intrastate air transportation. DOT must exempt from the prohibition: (1) members of the flight crew on duty on an aircraft, and (2) federal law enforcement officers acting in an official capacity.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 407.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 213.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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