49 U.S.C. § 41725 — Prohibition on certain cell phone voice communications
submitted 8 years ago by Pub. L. 115-254 to r/title-49-TRANSPORTATION · 165 words · no verdicts yet
The Secretary must prohibit in-flight voice calls on mobile communications devices during covered scheduled passenger flights, with specified exemptions.
(a) The Secretary must issue regulations prohibiting a person on an aircraft from making voice communications through a mobile communications device during the aircraft’s flight in scheduled passenger interstate or intrastate transportation. The regulations must exempt an on-duty flight-crew member, an on-duty flight attendant, and a federal law-enforcement officer acting officially. (b)(1) “Flight” is the period from takeoff through landing. (2) “Mobile communications device” means portable wireless telecommunications equipment used to send or receive voice data, but does not include a phone installed on an aircraft.
The Secretary of Transportation shall issue regulations—
to prohibit an individual on an aircraft from engaging in voice communications using a mobile communications device during a flight of that aircraft in scheduled passenger interstate or intrastate air transportation; and
that exempt from the prohibition described in paragraph (1) any—
member of the flight crew on duty on an aircraft;
flight attendant on duty on an aircraft; and
Federal law enforcement officer acting in an official capacity.
In this section, the following definitions apply:
The term “flight” means, with respect to an aircraft, the period beginning when the aircraft takes off and ending when the aircraft lands.
The term “mobile communications device” means any portable wireless telecommunications equipment utilized for the transmission or reception of voice data.
The term “mobile communications device” does not include a phone installed on an aircraft.
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 115–254, div. B, title IV, § 403(a), Oct. 5, 2018, 132 Stat. 3328.)
- 2018Enacted · Pub. L. 115-254 · 132 Stat. 3328
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 115-254 on 2018-10-05.
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