H.R. 5788: Halting Airplane Noise to Give Us Peace Act of 2008
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H.R. 5788: Halting Airplane Noise to Give Us Peace Act of 2008
110th Congress · introduced 2008-04-15 · Transportation and Public Works · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 580.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2008-04-15 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 580. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Halting Airplane Noise to Give Us Peace Act of 2008
Plain summary
Halting Airplane Noise to Give Us Peace Act of 2008 - Prohibits any individual (except flight crew members, flight attendants, or federal law enforcement officers) from engaging in voice communications using a mobile communications device on a passenger aircraft during a flight. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to require all domestic and foreign air carriers to adopt this prohibition. Authorizes the Secretary to waive this prohibition for air carriers of foreign countries that have negotiated an alternative prohibition on voice communications using such devices during a flight.
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Official text
Halting Airplane Noise to Give Us Peace Act of 2008
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House with amendment(s))
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] · 24 cosponsors
Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 5788, Halting Airplane Noise to Give Us Peace Act of 2008 (2008-09-15); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 5788, Halting Airplane Noise to Give Us Peace Act of 2008 (2008-09-15)
Cosponsors on this site
Steve Cohen (D-TN), John Boozman (R-AR), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Betty McCollum (D-MN)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House with amendment(s))
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-110hr5788.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/110/hr>
Record fed-us-cong110-hr5788 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110