Sec. 714. Aircraft accessibility
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Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall initiate a program to study and evaluate improvements to transport category aircraft accessibility, including— determining whether and, if so, how personal wheelchairs, including manual and powered wheelchairs, can be safely secured in the passenger seating areas of an aircraft certificated under part 25 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations; considering the safe evacuation processes for such aircraft, including individuals who use manual and powered wheelchairs; and determining how various types or aircraft described in paragraph
(1)can safely and efficiently be retrofit for accessible lavatories. Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on the findings of the study and evaluation described in subsection
(a)and recommendations to address the findings of such study and evaluation.