,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #adej  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #bh1     
#bjag,mr4 ,alexander 7for himself and   
,mr4 ,markey7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,commerce1         
,science1 and ,transportation  ,a ,,bill
  ,to prohibit cell phone voice         
communications during passenger flights4
  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,commercial ,flight        
,courtesy ,act of #bjag4  #b4           
,prohibition on cell phone voice        
communications during passenger flights 
7a7 ,in general ,subchapter ,i of       
chapter #dag of title #di1 ,united      
,states ,code1 is amended by adding at  
the end the following3  #dagbe4         
,prohibition on certain cell phone voice
 communications  7a7 ,prohibition ,the  
,secretary of ,transportation shall     
issue regulations-- 7#a7 to prohibit an 
individual on an aircraft from engaging 
in voice communications using a mobile  

communications device during a flight of
 that aircraft in scheduled passenger   
interstate air transportation or        
intrastate air transportation2 and  7#b7
 that exempt from the prohibition       
described in paragraph 7#a7-- 7,a7 any  
member of the flight crew on duty on an 
aircraft2 and  7,b7 any ,federal law    
enforcement officer acting in an        
official capacity4  7b7 ,definitions ,in
 this section3  7#a7 ,flight ,the term  
flight means1 with respect to an        
aircraft1 the period beginning when the 
aircraft takes off and ending when the  
aircraft lands4  7#b7 ,mobile           
communications device  7,a7 ,in general 
,the term mobile communications device  
means any portable wireless             
telecommunications equipment utilized   
for the transmission or reception of    
voice data4  7,b7 ,limitation ,the term 
mobile communications device does not   
include a phone installed on an         
aircraft4  4  7b7 ,clerical amendment   
,the table of sections for chapter #dag 

of title #di1 ,united ,states ,code1 is 
amended by inserting after the item     
relating to section #dagbd the following
 new item3  #dagbe4 ,prohibition on     
certain cell phone voice communications4
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