,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cdba  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #bh1
 #bjaf,mr4 ,blumenthal 7for himself1    
,mr4 ,markey1 ,mrs4 ,shaheen1 ,mr4      
,brown1 and ,ms4 ,cantwell7 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
 provide all flight attendants with     
scheduled rest periods of at least #aj  
consecutive hours between duty periods  
and to comply with fatigue management   
plans for flight attendants that have   
been approved by the ,federal ,aviation 
,administration4  #a4 ,flight attendant 
duty period limitations and rest        
requirements  7a7 ,rulemaking ,not later
 than #cj days after the date of the    
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of ,transportation shall modify the     
flight attendant duty period limitations
 and rest requirements under section    
#aba4dfg of title #ad1 ,code of ,federal

 ,regulations1 to require that--  7#a7  
all flight attendants scheduled to a    
duty period of #ad hours or less are    
given a scheduled rest period of at     
least #aj consecutive hours2 and  7#b7  
the rest period referred to in paragraph
 7#a7-- 7,a7 is not reduced under any   
circumstances2 and  7,b7 occurs between 
the completion of the scheduled duty    
period and the commencement of the      
subsequent duty period4  7b7 ,fatigue   
risk management plan  7#a7 ,submission  
of plan by part #aba air carriers ,not  
later than #ij days after the date of   
the enactment of this ,act1 each air    
carrier operating under part #aba of    
title #ac1 ,code of ,federal            
,regulations 7referred to in this       
subsection as a part #aba air carrier71 
shall submit a fatigue risk management  
plan for the carrier's flight attendants
 to the ,administrator of the ,federal  
,aviation ,administration for review and
 acceptance4  7#b7 ,contents of plan    
,each fatigue risk management plan      

submitted under paragraph 7#a7 shall    
include--  7,a7 current flight time and 
duty period limitations2  7,b7 a rest   
scheme that is consistent with such     
limitations and enables the management  
of flight attendant fatigue1 including  
annual training to increase awareness   
of--  7i7 fatigue2  7ii7 the effects of 
fatigue on flight attendants2 and  7iii7
 fatigue countermeasures2 and  7,c7 the 
development and use of methodology that 
continually assesses the effectiveness  
of implementation of the plan1 including
 the ability of the plan--  7i7 to      
improve alertness2 and  7ii7 to mitigate
 performance errors4  7#c7 ,review ,not 
later than #a year after the date of the
 enactment of this ,act1 the            
,administrator of the ,federal ,aviation
 ,administration shall--  7,a7 review   
each fatigue risk management plan       
submitted under this subsection2 and    
7,b7 7i7 accept the plan2 or  7ii7      
reject the plan and provide the part    
#aba air carrier with suggested         

modifications to be included when the   
plan is resubmitted4  7#d7 ,plan updates
  7,a7 ,in general ,not less frequently 
than once every #b years1 each part #aba
 air carrier shall-- 7i7 update the     
fatigue risk management plan submitted  
under paragraph 7#a72 and  7ii7 submit  
the updated plan to the ,administrator  
for review and acceptance4  7,b7 ,review
 ,not later than #a year after the date 
on which an updated plan is submitted   
under subparagraph 7,a77ii71 the        
,administrator shall--  7i7 review the  
updated plan2 and  7ii7 7,i7 accept the 
updated plan2 or  7,,ii7 reject the     
updated plan and provide the part #aba  
air carrier with suggested modifications
 to be included when the updated plan is
 resubmitted4  7#e7 ,compliance ,each   
part #aba air carrier shall comply with 
its fatigue risk management plan after  
the plan is accepted by the             
,administrator under this subsection4   
7#f7 ,civil penalties ,a violation of   
this subsection by a part #aba air      

carrier shall be treated as a violation 
of chapter #ddg of title #di1 ,united   
,states ,code1 for the purpose of       
applying civil penalties under chapter  
#dfc of such title4