,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dcce  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #bh1     
#bjbj,ms4 ,klobuchar 7for herself1 ,mr4 
,markey1 ,mr4 ,schumer1 and ,ms4        
,klobuchar77 introduced the following   
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,commerce1         
,science1 and ,transportation  ,a ,,bill
  ,to require the ,secretary of         
,transportation to establish a policy   
with respect to family seating on air   
transportation1 and for other purposes4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,fly ,together ,act4  #b4       
,policy on families flying with young   
children  7a7 ,in general ,not later    
than #ahj days after the date of        
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of ,transportation shall establish a    
policy directing all air carriers       
providing scheduled passenger interstate
 or intrastate air transportation to    
establish policies that enable a child1 
who is age #ac or under on the date an  

applicable flight is scheduled to occur1
 to be seated in a seat adjacent to the 
seat of an accompanying family member   
over the age of #ac1 to the maximum     
extent practicable and at no additional 
cost1 except when assignment to an      
adjacent seat would-- 7#a7 require an   
upgrade to-- 7,a7 another cabin class2  
7,b7 a seat with extra legroom2 or  7,c7
 seat pitch for which additional payment
 is normally required2 or  7#b7 violate 
safety guidelines4  7b7 ,statutory      
construction ,notwithstanding the       
requirement in subsection 7a71 nothing  
in this section may be construed to     
allow the ,secretary to impose a        
significant change in the overall       
seating or boarding policy of an air    
carrier providing scheduled passenger   
interstate or intrastate air            
transportation that has an open or      
flexible seating policy in place that   
generally allows adjacent family seating
 as described in subsection 7a74  7c7   
,definition of air carrier ,in this     

section1 the term air carrier has the   
meaning given the term in section       
#djajb7;a7 of title #di1 ,united ,states
 ,code4