,i  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cccd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bi1 #bjae ,mr4
 ,rodney ,davis of ,illinois 7for       
himself and ,mr4 ,nadler7 introduced the
 following bill2 which was referred to  
the ,committee on ,transportation and   
,infrastructure  ,a ,,bill  ,to direct  
the ,secretary of ,transportation to    
issue regulations with respect to       
ensuring families are able to sit       
together on flights1 and for other      
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,families ,flying   
,together ,act of #bjae4  #b4 ,findings 
,congress finds the following3  7#a7    
,airlines need to prioritize seating    
families traveling with small children  
together4  7#b7 ,the ,department of     
,transportation continues to receive    
unsatisfactory seat assignment          
complaints from parents whose seat      
assignments were separate from their    
small children4  #c4 ,seating families  
together on flights  7a7 ,in general    

,not later than #ahj days after the date
 of enactment of this ,act1 the         
,secretary of ,transportation shall     
issue regulations directing each air    
carrier to--  7#a7 establish a policy to
 ensure1 to the extent practicable1 that
 a family that purchases tickets for a  
flight with that air carrier is seated  
together during that flight2 and  7#b7  
make the policy described in paragraph  
7#a7 available to the public on an      
appropriate ,internet ,web site of the  
air carrier4  7b7 ,definitions ,in this 
section1 the following definitions      
apply3 7#a7 ,air carrier ,the term air  
carrier has the meaning given that term 
in section #djajb7;a7 of title #di1     
,united ,states ,code4  7#b7 ,family    
,the term family means a grouping of    
individuals that includes1 at a         
minimum-- 7,a7 a child who is #ab years 
of age or younger2 and  7,b7 an         
individual who is-- 7i7 #ah years of age
 or older2 and  7ii7 responsible for    
accompanying that child1 including a    

parent or legal guardian of that child4 
#d4 ,families traveling together        
,section #dagab of title #di1 ,united   
,states ,code1 is amended by adding at  
the end the following3  7d7 ,families   
traveling together  7#a7 ,in general ,it
 shall be an unfair or deceptive        
practice under subsection 7a7 for any   
ticket agent1 air carrier1 foreign air  
carrier1 or other person offering to    
sell tickets for air transportation to  
fail to disclose1 whether verbally in   
oral communication or in writing in     
written or electronic communication1    
prior to an individual's purchase of    
more than one ticket for a covered      
flight1 the notification in paragraph   
7#b71 if such purchase includes a ticket
 for a minor4  7#b7 ,notification ,the  
notification required under paragraph   
7#a7 shall include the following        
statement3 ,it is not possible to assign
 #b or more seats together on at least  
#a of the flights you have selected4    
,please be advised that you may not be  

able to sit next to other members of    
your travel party1 even if you are      
traveling with a minor44  7#c7 ,covered 
flight ,for purposes of this section1 a 
covered flight is a flight of an air    
carrier or foreign air carrier in air   
transportation or foreign air           
transportation as to which--  7,a7 a    
purchaser of a ticket may specify an    
advance seat assignment1 with or without
 the assessment of any charge or fee2   
and  7,b7 #b or more laterally adjacent 
seats are not available on the flight   
for advance assignment4  4