49 U.S.C. § 41725
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§ 41725. Prohibition on certain cell phone voice communications
- (a) The Secretary of Transportation shall issue regulations—
- (1) 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
- (2) that exempt from the prohibition described in paragraph (1) any—
- (A) member of the flight crew on duty on an aircraft;
- (B) flight attendant on duty on an aircraft; and
- (C) Federal law enforcement officer acting in an official capacity.
- (b) In this section, the following definitions apply:
- (1) The term “flight” means, with respect to an aircraft, the period beginning when the aircraft takes off and ending when the aircraft lands.
- (2)
- (A) The term “mobile communications device” means any portable wireless telecommunications equipment utilized for the transmission or reception of voice data.
- (B) The term “mobile communications device” does not include a phone installed on an aircraft.
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