118th Congress · SENATE BILLBILL

S. 1911Airline Safety Information and Entertainment Access Act

A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to improve the accessibility of airline information and entertainment programming provided by air carriers on passenger flights, and for other purposes.

Transportation and public works
Introduced Jun 8, 2023
Last action Jun 8, 2023
Pipeline · Bill → Law
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Introduced
Jun 8, 2023
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Referred
Jun 8, 2023
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
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Committee
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Senate
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House floor
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Resolve Changes
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SummaryCRS Summary

This bill requires air carriers (including foreign carriers) to ensure equal access to airline information and entertainment programming for all airline passengers regardless of their disabilities. Specifically, the bill requires an air carrier to provide or make available for persons with disabilities open captioning and an American Sign Language (ASL) option when the information and programming are available to passengers through shared video displays, closed captioning and an ASL option when the information and programming are available to passengers through individual video displays, and audio descriptions when the information and programming are available to passengers through indivi...

Provisions · 2 sectionsIntroduced in Senate
Timeline · 2 actions
Jun 8, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Jun 8, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.