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Airline Safety Information and Entertainment Access Act

USA118th CongressS-1911| Senate 
| Updated: 6/8/2023
Robert P. Casey

Robert P. Casey

Democratic Senator

Pennsylvania

Cosponsors (6)
Tammy Duckworth (Democratic)Edward J. Markey (Democratic)Sherrod Brown (Democratic)Bernard Sanders (Independent)Tammy Baldwin (Democratic)Richard Blumenthal (Democratic)

Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Airline Safety Information and Entertainment Access Act 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 individual or shared video displays. An air carrier must also provide any aural public address announcement in textual format through individual or shared video displays. Further, an air carrier must ensure all control systems for video displays, applications (apps) for personal devices, web portals, and websites for passengers have the option to allow a person with a disability to operate the item nonvisually. The Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (the Access Board) must set forth the minimum technical criteria for individual video displays, apps for personal devices, web portals, and websites for airline passengers to ensure that they include a mechanism that allows persons with disabilities to operate them nonvisually. The Department of Transportation must issue any necessary regulations. A civil action may be brought by an aggrieved person or the Department of Justice in a U.S. District Court against an air carrier for violations of these requirements.
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Bill from Previous Congress

S 117-3333
Airline Information and Entertainment Access Act

Bill from Previous Congress

S 116-3473
Airline Information and Entertainment Access Act
Jun 8, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Jun 8, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 117-3333
    Airline Information and Entertainment Access Act


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 116-3473
    Airline Information and Entertainment Access Act


  • June 8, 2023
    Introduced in Senate


  • June 8, 2023
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Transportation and Public Works

Airline Safety Information and Entertainment Access Act

USA118th CongressS-1911| Senate 
| Updated: 6/8/2023
Airline Safety Information and Entertainment Access Act 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 individual or shared video displays. An air carrier must also provide any aural public address announcement in textual format through individual or shared video displays. Further, an air carrier must ensure all control systems for video displays, applications (apps) for personal devices, web portals, and websites for passengers have the option to allow a person with a disability to operate the item nonvisually. The Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (the Access Board) must set forth the minimum technical criteria for individual video displays, apps for personal devices, web portals, and websites for airline passengers to ensure that they include a mechanism that allows persons with disabilities to operate them nonvisually. The Department of Transportation must issue any necessary regulations. A civil action may be brought by an aggrieved person or the Department of Justice in a U.S. District Court against an air carrier for violations of these requirements.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

S 117-3333
Airline Information and Entertainment Access Act

Bill from Previous Congress

S 116-3473
Airline Information and Entertainment Access Act
Jun 8, 2023
Introduced in Senate
Jun 8, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 117-3333
    Airline Information and Entertainment Access Act


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 116-3473
    Airline Information and Entertainment Access Act


  • June 8, 2023
    Introduced in Senate


  • June 8, 2023
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Robert P. Casey

Robert P. Casey

Democratic Senator

Pennsylvania

Cosponsors (6)
Tammy Duckworth (Democratic)Edward J. Markey (Democratic)Sherrod Brown (Democratic)Bernard Sanders (Independent)Tammy Baldwin (Democratic)Richard Blumenthal (Democratic)

Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee

Transportation and Public Works

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted