,i  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #degc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #ab1 #bjaf 
,mr4 ,perlmutter introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,science1 ,space1 and 
,technology  ,a ,,bill  ,to provide for 
research on the use of child restraint  
devices on commercial aircraft4  #a4    
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,lap ,children ,safety ,research    
,act4  #b4 ,lap children safety research
  7a7 ,in general ,due to the fact that 
few child restraint devices are         
currently approved for use during       
critical phases of flight on commercial 
passenger aircraft1 the ,administrator  
of the ,federal ,aviation               
,administration shall ensure that       
research in this area encourages the    
assessment and development of new and   
innovative technologies and devices     
which improve the safety for children1  
parents1 and other passengers4  7b7     
,research ,the ,administrator shall     

require the ,civil ,aeromedical         
,institute to initiate a research       
program focused on improving the safety 
of child restraint devices used during  
operations of a commercial passenger    
aircraft4  7c7 ,report ,not later than  
#a year after the date of enactment of  
this ,act1 the ,administrator shall     
transmit a report on the results of the 
research conducted under this section to
 the ,committee on ,science1 ,space1 and
 ,technology of the ,house of           
,representatives and the ,committee on  
,commerce1 ,science1 and ,transportation
 of the ,senate4 ,this report shall     
include--  7#a7 an identification of the
 number of children under age #b        
traveling each year for the past #e     
years on commercial aircraft1 and a     
description of the types or methods of  
child restraint utilized1 if any2  7#b7 
an assessment of the safety of          
unrestrained lap children under age #b  
7being unrestrained or restrained only  
by the arms of the child's parent71 and 

whether this situation is the proper    
comparison for child restraint devices  
to determine child safety2  7#c7 an     
evaluation of the requirements to       
demonstrate an equivalent level of      
safety to ,,tso-,c#ajj;c for a child    
restraint device attached to a parent's 
seatbelt1 or other known child restraint
 devices2  7#d7 an assessment of whether
 the standards in section #ega4bac of   
title #di1 ,code of ,federal            
,regulations1 can be met by a child     
restraint device attached to a parent's 
seatbelt1 or other known child restraint
 devices1 and whether certain child     
restraint devices could offer additional
 protection compared to an unrestrained 
lap child2  7#e7 the results of any     
testing performed by or for the ,civil  
,aeromedical ,institute1 in the last #e 
years1 in support of any evaluations    
described in this section2  7#f7 a      
determination of whether the conclusions
 in the ,civil ,aeromedical ,institute's
 #aiid report titled ,the ,performance  

of ,child ,restraint ,devices in        
,transport ,airplane ,passenger ,seats  
need to be updated and the basis for    
such determination2 and  7#g7           
recommendations to the ,administrator   
and to the ,congress on potential       
changes to the ,code of ,federal        
,regulations or relevant laws to allow  
additional child restraint devices to be
 used during all phases of flight to    
keep children1 their parents1 and other 
passengers safe4