H.R. 4295: To require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to increase the rest periods of flight attendants to the same rest periods of pilots.
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H.R. 4295: To require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to increase the rest periods of flight attendants to the same rest periods of pilots.
114th Congress · introduced 2015-12-18 · Transportation and Public Works · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2015-12-18 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Lawrence, Brenda L. [D-MI-14] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
To require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to increase the rest periods of flight attendants to the same rest periods of pilots.
Plain summary
This bill requires the Federal Aviation Administration to increase the rest periods for flight attendants to ensure that a flight attendant scheduled to a duty period of 14 hours or less is given a scheduled rest period of at least 10 consecutive hours. The scheduled duty period may be reduced to at least 9 consecutive hours if the flight attendant is provided a subsequent rest period of at least 11 consecutive hours that: (1) is scheduled to begin within 24 hours after the beginning of the reduced rest period, and (2) occurs between the completion of the scheduled duty period and the commencement of the subsequent duty period.
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Official text
To require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to increase the rest periods of flight attendants to the same rest periods of pilots.
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Lawrence, Brenda L. [D-MI-14] · 5 cosponsors
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Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr4295.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>
Record fed-us-cong114-hr4295 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114