Carry-On Baggage Reduction Act of 1999

Carry-On Baggage Reduction Act of 1999 - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to modify specified regulations to require air carrier certificate holders to limit each air passenger to two pieces of carry-on baggage of specified dimensions when boarding an airplane. Declares that "carry-on baggage" does not include child safety seats or assistive devices used by disabled passengers.

[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2495 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2495

 To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to 
  issue regulations to limit the number of pieces of carry-on baggage 
               that a passenger may bring on an airplane.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 13, 1999

 Mr. Lipinski introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to 
  issue regulations to limit the number of pieces of carry-on baggage 
               that a passenger may bring on an airplane.

    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 ``Carry-On Baggage Reduction Act of 
1999''.

SEC. 2. CARRY-ON BAGGAGE.

    (a) Regulations.--Not later than 6 months after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration shall modify regulations contained in section 121.589 of 
title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, to require that each certificate 
holder (as the term is used in that section) include in the certificate 
holder's carry-on baggage program a requirement that each passenger 
boarding an airplane of the certificate holder be limited to a total of 
2 pieces of carry-on baggage the aggregate sum of each dimension of 
which does not exceed 9 inches by 14 inches by 22 inches.
    (b) Child Safety Seats and Devices for Disabled.--In this section, 
the term ``carry-on baggage'' does not include child safety seats or 
assistive devices used by disabled passengers.
    (c) Passenger Defined.--In this section, the term ``passenger'' 
includes any child under the age of 2 who boards an airplane of a 
certificate holder, without regard to whether a ticket for air 
transportation was purchased for the child.
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