Airplane KITS Act

Airplane Kids In Transit Safety Act of 2017 or the Airplane KITS Act

This bill directs the Federal Aviation Administration to: (1) consider whether federal regulations covering minimum contents of approved emergency medical kits, including first-aid kits, for passenger aircraft include appropriate medications and equipment to meet the emergency medical needs of children; and (2) revise regulations as appropriate.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2485 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2485

To require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to 
   evaluate and consider revising regulations relating to emergency 
         medical equipment requirements for passenger aircraft.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 17, 2017

    Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York (for himself and Mr. Faso) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                   Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to 
   evaluate and consider revising regulations relating to emergency 
         medical equipment requirements for passenger aircraft.

    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 ``Airplane Kids In Transit Safety Act 
of 2017'' or the ``Airplane KITS Act''.

SEC. 2. EMERGENCY MEDICAL EQUIPMENT ON PASSENGER AIRCRAFT.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration shall evaluate and revise, as appropriate, the 
regulations under part 121 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, 
regarding the emergency medical equipment requirements, including the 
contents of first-aid kits, applicable to all certificate holders 
operating passenger aircraft under that part.
    (b) Considerations.--In carrying out subsection (a), the 
Administrator shall consider whether the minimum contents of approved 
emergency medical kits, including approved first-aid kits, include 
appropriate medications and equipment to meet the emergency medical 
needs of children.
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