Sec. 540. Cabin air quality
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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall develop a standardized system for a flight attendants, pilots, and aircraft maintenance technicians of air carriers to voluntarily report fume events onboard passenger-carrying aircraft operating under part 121 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations. The system developed under paragraph
(1)shall include a method of submission, which shall request at least the following information: Identification of the flight number, type, and registration of the aircraft. The date of the reported fume event onboard the aircraft. Description of smoke or fume in the aircraft, including the nature, intensity, and visual consistency or smell (if any). The location of the smoke or fumes in the aircraft. The source (if discernible) of the smoke or fumes in the aircraft. The phase of flight during which smoke or fumes first became present. The duration of the fume event. Any required onboard medical attention for passengers or crew members. Any additional factors as determined appropriate by the Administrator or crew member submitting a report. The Administrator shall issue guidelines on how to submit the information described in paragraph (2). Upon submitting the information described in paragraph (2), the submitting party shall receive a duplicate record of the submission and confirmation of receipt. The Administrator— may not publish any information submitted under this section; shall maintain a database of such information; at the request of an air carrier, shall provide to such air carrier any information submitted under this section that is relevant to such air carrier, except any information that may be used to identify the party submitting such information; may not, without validation, assume that information submitted under this section is accurate for the purposes of initiating rulemaking or taking an enforcement action; may use information submitted under this section to inform the oversight of the safety management system of an air carrier; and may use information submitted under this section for the purpose of performing a study or supporting a study sponsored by the Administrator. Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall seek to enter into the appropriate arrangements with the National Academies to conduct a study and issue recommendations to be made publicly available pertaining to cabin air quality and any risk of, and potential for, persistent and accidental fume events onboard a passenger-carrying aircraft operating under part 121 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations. In carrying out a study pursuant to paragraph (1), the National Academies shall examine— the information collected pursuant to subsection (a); the report issued pursuant to section 326 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (49 U.S.C. 40101 note) and any identified assumptions or gaps described in such report; any health risks or impacts of fume events on flight crews, including flight attendants and pilots, and passengers onboard aircraft operating under part 121 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations; instances of persistent or regularly occurring (as determined by the National Academies) fume events in such aircraft; instances of accidental, unexpected, or irregularly occurring (as determined by the National Academies) fume events on such aircraft, including whether such accidental events are more frequent during various phases of operations, including ground operations, taxiing, take off, cruise, and landing; the likely originating material of, and the air contaminants present during, the situations described in subparagraphs
(D)and (E); the frequencies, durations, and likely causes of the situations described in subparagraphs
(D)and (E); and any additional data on fume events as determined appropriate by the National Academies. The National Academies shall provide recommendations based on the study conducted under paragraph (1)— that shall, at minimum, address how to— improve overall cabin air quality of passenger-carrying aircraft; improve the detection, accuracy, and reporting of fume events; and reduce the frequency and impact of fume events; and for any updates to standards, guidelines, or regulations that could help achieve the recommendations described in subparagraph (A). Not later than 1 month after the completion of the study conducted under paragraph (1), the Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a copy of such study. In this section, the term fume event means the presence of fumes in the cabin, including smoke.
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