Cabin Air Safety Act of 2017 This bill requires the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to prescribe regulations: requiring flight attendants, pilots, aircraft maintenance technicians, and airport first responders to receive annual training on how to respond to incidents involving smoke or fumes on board aircraft, and the FAA must develop a standardized form for reporting incidents of smoke or fumes; requiring the FAA to conduct an investigation after a report is submitted about incidents of smoke or fumes on board aircraft; and requiring commercial air carriers to install and operate a carbon monoxide detector on each bleed air stream on the aircraft (bleed air is compressed air produced by gas turbines that is taken from the compressor stage and used for cabin pressurization and other purposes).
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Transportation and Public Works
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAir qualityAviation and airportsCensus and government statisticsDepartment of TransportationEmergency medical services and trauma careEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchFiresFirst responders and emergency personnelGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsHazardous wastes and toxic substancesMotor fuelsTransportation employeesTransportation safety and security
A bill to improve the safety of the air supply on commercial aircraft, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressS-1626| Senate
| Updated: 7/25/2017
Cabin Air Safety Act of 2017 This bill requires the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to prescribe regulations: requiring flight attendants, pilots, aircraft maintenance technicians, and airport first responders to receive annual training on how to respond to incidents involving smoke or fumes on board aircraft, and the FAA must develop a standardized form for reporting incidents of smoke or fumes; requiring the FAA to conduct an investigation after a report is submitted about incidents of smoke or fumes on board aircraft; and requiring commercial air carriers to install and operate a carbon monoxide detector on each bleed air stream on the aircraft (bleed air is compressed air produced by gas turbines that is taken from the compressor stage and used for cabin pressurization and other purposes).
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAir qualityAviation and airportsCensus and government statisticsDepartment of TransportationEmergency medical services and trauma careEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchFiresFirst responders and emergency personnelGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsHazardous wastes and toxic substancesMotor fuelsTransportation employeesTransportation safety and security