Transportation

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee today passed an amendment to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization bill introduced by Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) to require the FAA to establish a minimum seat size on commercial airlines as well as a minimum distance between rows of seats to protect the safety and health of airline passengers.

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today announced that he would be offering the bipartisan, bicameral Seat Egress in Air Travel (SEAT) Act (H.R. 1467/S.596) as an amendment to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization bill set to be considered before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Tuesday.

[MEMPHIS, TN] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today announced that the Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority received a $5,331,003.00 federal grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation for multiple modernization improvements of the terminal Concourse B required to meet design requirements and installation of energy efficient materials. This grant funds phase 2 of design and completes the design of the project. It also funds phase 1 of 5 of construction and includes mobilization and required demolition.

[MEMPHIS, TN] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today announced that the Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority received a $22,500,000.00 federal grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation for the construction of a 300,000 square yard deicing pad collection area at Memphis International Airport. This will be phase 1 of an estimated 5 phases of construction and includes the relocation of a road and construction of taxiway bridges.

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – One day after the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee held a hearing with airline executives entitled Oversight of U.S. Airline Customer Service, CNN reported that a least one airline is planning to shrink the distance between seats in some sections from 31 inches to as low as 29 inches and another is considering a similar move. Earlier this year, Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN) and Congressman Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) introduced the bipartisan H.R.