Stop Airplane Seat Shrinking Act

I 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 2654 To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to take certain actions to prohibit air carriers from reducing the size of passenger seats on aircraft, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES APRIL 17, 2023 Ms. PORTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Adminis- tration to take certain actions to prohibit air carriers from reducing the size of passenger seats on aircraft, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Airplane Seat 4 Shrinking Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. MINIMUM DIMENSIONS OF PASSENGER SEATS. 6 The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Adminis- 7 tration shall take such actions as are necessary to prohibit 8 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:17 Apr 21, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2654.IH H2654 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 2 •HR 2654 IH air carriers (as such term is defined in section 40102(a) 1 of title 49, United States Code) from reducing the size 2 of a passenger seat on an aircraft operated by such air 3 carrier until the Administrator issues a final rule estab- 4 lishing minimum dimensions for passenger seats, as re- 5 quired under section 577 of the FAA Reauthorization Act 6 of 2018 (Public Law 115–254). 7 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:17 Apr 21, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H2654.IH H2654 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB