HR 1889 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Flight Attendant Certification Act

Introduced Apr 30, 2003 Originated House Sponsor Nita M. Lowey D-NY

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Latest action · May 1, 2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedApr 30, 2003
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Flight Attendant Certification Act - Amends Federal taransportation law to require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to prescribe standards for cabin crew training and certification for individuals working in an aircraft cabin on board a transport category aircraft with twenty or more seats.

Requires all new and existing cabin crew members to be certified by the Administrator after successful completion of an air carrier's training program consisting of: (1) initial, indoctrination, and emergency training; (2) air carrier specific training related to aircraft types and operator's certificate; and (3) submission by the air carrier to the Administrator confirming such completion.

Declares that the Administrator shall be prohibited from granting an air carrier a waiver of cabin crew training requirements or an exemption from any part of such requirements.

Requires a cabin crew member, to qualify for a cabin crew certificate, to successfully: (1) complete the training requirements established by the Administrator, including all initial, indoctrination, emergency, transition, differences, recurrent, and requalification training; (2) complete the cabin security and self-defense training requirements established by the Transportation Security Administrator; and (3) perform the assigned duties of a cabin crew member and complete the approved proficiency check, under the supervision of a certified instructor or supervisor, for not less than five hours of initial operating experience.

Requires air carrier training programs to receive the Administrator's approval.

Cosponsors 94

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 30, 2003 to Jan 28, 2004; 33 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NYAnthony D. WeinerOriginalApr 30, 2003
D-TNBart GordonOriginalApr 30, 2003
D-MICarolyn C. KilpatrickOriginalApr 30, 2003
D-FLCorrine BrownOriginalApr 30, 2003
D-ORDarlene HooleyOriginalApr 30, 2003
D-HIEd CaseOriginalApr 30, 2003
D-TXEddie Bernice JohnsonOriginalApr 30, 2003
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalApr 30, 2003
R-NJFrank A. LoBiondoOriginalApr 30, 2003
D-NJFrank Pallone, Jr.OriginalApr 30, 2003
D-WIGerald D. KleczkaOriginalApr 30, 2003
D-TNHarold E. Ford Jr.OriginalApr 30, 2003
D-CAHilda L. SolisOriginalApr 30, 2003
D-ILJerry F. CostelloOriginalApr 30, 2003
D-MIJohn Conyers, Jr.OriginalApr 30, 2003
D-NYJoseph CrowleyOriginalApr 30, 2003
D-CAJuanita Millender-McDonaldOriginalApr 30, 2003
D-IALeonard L. BoswellOriginalApr 30, 2003
D-CALucille Roybal-AllardOriginalApr 30, 2003
D-ILLuis V. GutierrezOriginalApr 30, 2003
D-TXMartin FrostOriginalApr 30, 2003
D-TXMax SandlinOriginalApr 30, 2003
D-MAMichael E. CapuanoOriginalApr 30, 2003
D-MEMichael H. MichaudOriginalApr 30, 2003
D-CAMichael M. HondaOriginalApr 30, 2003
D-CAMike ThompsonOriginalApr 30, 2003
D-HINeil AbercrombieOriginalApr 30, 2003
D-WARick LarsenOriginalApr 30, 2003
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroOriginalApr 30, 2003
D-MISander M. LevinOriginalApr 30, 2003
R-NYSherwood BoehlertOriginalApr 30, 2003
R-NYSue W. KellyOriginalApr 30, 2003
D-PATim HoldenOriginalApr 30, 2003
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyMay 1, 2003
D-NYCarolyn McCarthyMay 1, 2003
D-MDElijah E. CummingsMay 1, 2003
D-TXNick LampsonMay 1, 2003
D-CAAnna G. EshooMay 14, 2003
D-MNBetty McCollumMay 14, 2003
D-CABob FilnerMay 14, 2003
D-MIDale E. KildeeMay 14, 2003
D-OREarl BlumenauerMay 14, 2003
D-MAEdward J. MarkeyMay 14, 2003
D-CAEllen O. TauscherMay 14, 2003
D-MAJames P. McGovernMay 14, 2003
D-VAJames P. MoranMay 14, 2003
R-NYJames T. WalshMay 14, 2003
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyMay 14, 2003
R-NYJohn M. McHughMay 14, 2003
D-TNLincoln DavisMay 14, 2003
D-COMark UdallMay 14, 2003
D-NYMaurice D. HincheyMay 14, 2003
D-NYMichael R. McNultyMay 14, 2003
D-RIPatrick J. KennedyMay 14, 2003
R-NYPeter T. KingMay 14, 2003
D-ILRahm EmanuelMay 14, 2003
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaMay 14, 2003
D-NJRush HoltMay 14, 2003
D-MAStephen F. LynchMay 14, 2003
R-OHSteven C. LaTouretteMay 14, 2003
D-METhomas H. AllenMay 14, 2003
D-CATom LantosMay 14, 2003
D-CABarbara LeeMay 22, 2003
D-MABarney FrankMay 22, 2003
D-MABill DelahuntMay 22, 2003
D-WABrian BairdMay 22, 2003
D-ORDavid WuMay 22, 2003
D-CODiana DeGetteMay 22, 2003
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeMay 22, 2003
D-NYTimothy H. BishopMay 22, 2003
D-CAZoe LofgrenMay 22, 2003
D-TXCharles W. StenholmJun 3, 2003
D-RIJames R. LangevinJun 3, 2003
D-WAJay InsleeJun 3, 2003
D-NYJerrold NadlerJun 3, 2003
D-WAJim McDermottJun 3, 2003
D-MAJohn F. TierneyJun 3, 2003
D-GUMadeleine Z. BordalloJun 3, 2003
D-NYMajor R. OwensJun 3, 2003
D-MORichard A. GephardtJun 3, 2003
D-WAAdam SmithJun 10, 2003
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsJun 10, 2003
R-FLMario Diaz-BalartJun 10, 2003
D-PAMichael F. DoyleJun 10, 2003
D-CANancy PelosiJun 10, 2003
D-NYSteve IsraelJun 10, 2003
D-OHDennis J. KucinichJun 11, 2003
D-CALois CappsJun 11, 2003
D-INJulia CarsonJun 12, 2003
D-WITammy BaldwinJun 12, 2003
D-CAFortney Pete StarkSep 10, 2003
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoSep 10, 2003
R-LARodney AlexanderSep 10, 2003
D-NJDonald M. PayneJan 28, 2004

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseTransportation and Infrastructure Committee
Referred Apr 30, 2003
Aviation Subcommittee
Referred May 1, 2003

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 1, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
  2. Apr 30, 2003Introduced in House
  3. Apr 30, 2003Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 957Flight Attendant Certification ActRelated billApr 30, 2003

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To amend title 49, United States Code, to improve the training requirements for and require the certification of cabin crew members, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
Flight Attendant Certification Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Apr 30, 2003Introduced in House

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