,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #abjf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,april #aa1    
#bjai ,mr4 ,merkley 7for himself and    
,mr4 ,kennedy7 introduced the following 
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,commerce1         
,science1 and ,transportation  ,a ,,bill
  ,to amend title #di1 ,united ,states  
,code1 to prohibit aircraft from having 
in place cameras and microphones that   
can monitor passengers4  #a4 ,short     
title  ,this ,act may be cited as the   
,passenger ,privacy ,protection ,act of 
#bjai4  #b4 ,prohibitions relating to   
cameras and microphones on aircraft  7a7
 ,in general ,subchapter ,i of chapter  
#dag of title #di1 ,united ,states      
,code1 is amended by adding at the end  
the following3  #dagbe4 ,prohibitions   
relating to cameras and microphones on  
aircraft  7a7 ,prohibitions ,the        
following rules shall apply to all      
aircraft of an air carrier and a foreign
 air carrier3  7#a7 ,any in-flight      

entertainment system installed on the   
aircraft after the date of the enactment
 of this section may not have an        
embedded camera or microphone4 ,in the  
case where the aircraft has1 as of such 
date of enactment1 a existing camera or 
microphone embedded in an in-flight     
entertainment system1 by not later than 
#b months after such date of enactment--
  7,a7 the camera shall be either-- 7i7 
removed2  7ii7 permanently disabled and 
covered2 or  7iii7 covered in a fashion 
that prevents the camera from making any
 observation2 and  7,b7 the microphone  
shall be either-- 7i7 removed2 or  7ii7 
physically disconnected and covered in a
 fashion that renders the microphone    
ineffective4  7#b7 ,any camera or       
microphone that is designed to observe a
 passenger and that is separate from an 
in-flight entertainment system may not  
be installed on the aircraft after the  
date of the enactment of this section4  
,any such camera or microphone that was 
installed on the aircraft prior to such 

date of enactment shall be removed      
within #b months of such date of        
enactment4  7b7 ,changes to remote      
switches not sufficient ,changes made by
 an air carrier or a foreign air carrier
 to remote switches of an in-flight     
entertainment system are not sufficient 
to meet the requirements of subsection  
7a77#a74  4  7b7 ,clerical amendment    
,the analysis for chapter #dag of title 
#di1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended  
by inserting after the item relating to 
section #dagbd the following3  #dagbe4  
,prohibitions relating to cameras and   
microphones on aircraft4  4  #c4        
,requiring audits of airlines regarding 
the information they collect on         
passengers ,the ,administrator of the   
,federal ,aviation ,administration shall
 periodically conduct audits of air     
carriers and foreign air carriers 7as   
such terms are defined in section #djajb
 of title #di1 ,united ,states ,code7   
regarding the information the carrier   
collects with respect to passengers on  

its aircraft1 including any information 
obtained through the physical           
surveillance of passengers4