,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #aigb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,august #e1    
#bjae ,mr4 ,kirk 7for himself and ,mrs4 
,shaheen7 introduced the following bill2
 which was read twice and referred to   
the ,committee on ,commerce1 ,science1  
and ,transportation  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
require air carriers to modify certain  
policies with respect to the use of     
epinephrine for in-flight emergencies1  
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title  ,this ,act may be cited as the   
,airline ,access to ,emergency          
,epinephrine ,act of #bjae4  #b4        
,regulations relating to epinephrine on 
aircraft  7a7 ,clarification relating to
 use of epinephrine ampules ,not later  
than #cj days after the date of the     
enactment of this ,act1 the             
,administrator of the ,federal ,aviation
 ,administration shall clarify1 and     
shall require air carriers to clarify1  
that #a3a1jjj epinephrine ampules       
included in emergency medical kits      

carried on aircraft before such date of 
enactment are intended to be used for   
the treatment of anaphylaxis4  7b7      
,requirement for air carriers ,to carry 
epinephrine auto-,injectors on aircraft 
,not later than #ahj days after the date
 of the enactment of this ,act1 the     
,administrator shall require an air     
carrier--  7#a7 to carry on each        
aircraft operated by the air carrier not
 fewer than #b packs of epinephrine     
auto-injectors1 one pack for use on     
individuals weighing less than #ff      
pounds and one pack for use on          
individuals weighing more than #ff      
pounds2  7#b7 to use those epinephrine  
auto-injectors as the initial treatment 
for anaphylaxis2 and  7#c7 to replace   
those epinephrine auto-injectors upon   
expiration or use4  7c7 ,training       
required ,not later than #ahj days after
 the date of the enactment of this ,act1
 the ,administrator shall require air   
carriers to provide crewmembers with    
initial and recurrent training1         

developed based on the advice of        
experts1 on how to recognize the        
symptoms of an acute allergic reaction  
and how to administer auto-injectable   
epinephrine4  #c4 ,report on air carrier
 policies relating to passengers with   
food allergies ,not later than #ah      
months after the date of the enactment  
of this ,act1 the ,comptroller ,general 
of the ,united ,states shall submit to  
,congress a report describing--  7#a7   
the policies of air carriers in effect  
as of the date of the report with       
respect to the accommodation of         
passengers with food allergies1         
including policies relating to          
communication with passengers1 seating  
accommodations1 food service1 and       
emergency procedures2  7#b7 the extent  
of variability of such policies within  
and among air carriers2  7#c7 the extent
 to which passengers can determine what 
the policies of an air carrier with     
respect to the accommodation of         
passengers with food allergies are      

before making a flight reservation on an
 aircraft operated by the air carrier2  
7#d7 the extent to which employees of   
air carriers are trained on1 aware of1  
consistently adhere to1 and enforce such
 policies2  7#e7 the efforts that would 
be necessary to develop a model policy  
with respect to the accommodation of    
passengers with food allergies that     
could be made available to and adopted  
by all air carriers2  7#f7 the incidence
 of requests made by passengers with    
food allergies for accommodation by air 
carriers2  7#g7 the incidence of        
in-flight allergic reactions for which  
medical intervention is requested and   
the prevalence of the use of epinephrine
 for such incidents2  7#h7 the incidence
 of emergency landings made because of  
suspected or known allergic reactions in
 flight2 and  7#i7 the approximate cost 
of such emergency landings to air       
carriers4  #d4 ,air carrier defined ,in 
this ,act1 the term air carrier means an
 air carrier or foreign air carrier1 as 

those terms are defined in section      
#djajb of title #di1 ,united ,states    
,code4