This bill, the Quiet Skies Act, tells the Secretary of Transportation to issue a final rule within 180 days after the bill becomes law. The rule must concern prohibiting certain cell phone voice communications on aircraft used for scheduled passenger interstate or intrastate air transportation. The bill text points to section 41725 of title 49, United States Code as the authority for those regulations. The bill does not define which voice communications would be banned or give details about enforcement, penalties, or exceptions.
If the bill becomes law, the Department of Transportation would write a rule that could prohibit some types of in-flight cell phone voice calls on scheduled passenger flights that cross state lines or stay within one state. The text does not say which calls would be banned, whether any exceptions would apply, or how airlines and passengers would be notified or enforced.
No publicly available information on the cost of writing or enforcing the rule is included in the bill text or metadata. The bill does not include funding or cost estimates for the Department of Transportation, airlines, or other parties.
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