,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ebe  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #af1      
#bjbc,mr4 ,markey 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,schumer1 ,ms4 ,klobuchar1 and ,mr4     
,blumenthal7 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 ensure that a child can sit   
next to a family member on a flight at  
no additional cost4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,families
 ,fly ,together ,act of #bjbc4  #b4     
,ensuring that a child can sit next to a
 family member on a flight at no        
additional cost  7a7 ,in general        
,subchapter ,i of chapter #dag of title 
#di1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended  
by adding at the end the following3     
#dagbg4 ,ensuring that a child can sit  
next to a family member on a flight at  
no additional cost  7a7 ,in general     
,beginning on the date that is #f months

 after the date of enactment of this    
section1 each air carrier providing air 
transportation shall ensure that a      
child1 who is age #ac or under on the   
date the flight is scheduled to occur1  
is able to be seated in a seat adjacent 
to the seat of an accompanying family   
member at no additional cost to the base
 fare price4  7b7 ,investigations of    
complaints  7#a7 ,in general ,the       
,secretary of ,transportation shall     
investigate each complaint of a         
violation of the requirement under      
subsection 7a74  7#b7 ,publication of   
data ,the ,secretary of ,transportation 
shall publish data on complaints of     
violations of the requirement under     
subsection 7a7 in a manner comparable to
 other consumer complaint data4  7c7    
,family member ,for purposes of         
subsection 7a71 the term family member  
means1 with respect to a child described
 in such subsection1 an individual who  
is-- 7#a7 #af years of age or older2 and
  7#b7 responsible for accompanying such

 child1 including a parent or legal     
guardian of such child4  4  7b7         
,clerical amendment ,the analysis for   
chapter #dag of such title is amended by
 inserting after the item relating to   
section #dagbf the following3  #dagbg4  
,ensuring that a child can sit next to a
 family member on a flight at no        
additional cost4  4