H.R. 2476 · 105th Congress · enacted
To amend title 49, United States Code, to require the National Transportation Safety Board and individual foreign air carriers to address the needs of families of passengers involved in aircraft accidents involving foreign air carriers.
Became Public Law No: 105-148.
Latest official action 1997-12-16 · Enacted
The bill, briefly
Amends Federal transportation law to require foreign air carriers to transmit to the Secretary of Transportation and the Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board a plan for addressing the needs of families of passengers involved in aircraft accidents involving foreign air carriers and a significant loss of life. Requires such a plan to include: (1) publicizing a reliable, toll-free telephone number and staff to take calls from families of passengers involved in such an accident; (2) a process for notifying such families as soon as possible, and in person to the extent practicable, before providing any public notice of the passengers' names; (3) an assurance that each passenger's family will be consulted about the disposition of any remains and personal effects (including return to the family) within the foreign air carrier's control; (4) an assurance of retention by the foreign air carrier of unclaimed possessions for at least 18 months; and (5) an assurance of other specified services. Makes inclusion of such a plan in the application for a foreign air transportation permit, or request for exemption from the requirement of a permit, a condition for approval. Declares that a foreign air carrier shall not be liable for damages in any action brought in a Federal or State court arising out of the foreign air carrier's performance in preparing or providing a passenger l…
Congressional Research Service · 1997-11-09
Who reported lobbying on this bill?
Amount spent specifically on this bill: not disclosed
The reports below name this bill and disclose an organization’s overall lobbying expenses or a firm’s client income for the period. They can cover many bills and issues. These amounts are not payments to the bill or its politicians.
No matching lobbying report is imported yet. This is not evidence that no lobbying occurred.
2,409 latest lobbying reports imported. Some source imports are still in progress.
Politicians behind the bill
Sponsors and cosponsors from the official source, limited to members currently in office. Campaign amounts are cycle-wide and are not payments for this bill.
Cosponsor
Bennie G. Thompson
House · MS District 2 · Democratic
$626,600PAC receipts · 2025–2026
Cosponsor
James P. McGovern
House · MA District 2 · Democratic
$248,525PAC receipts · 2025–2026
26 of 26 source cosponsor records retrieved; only current officials and unwithdrawn sponsorships appear.
PAC donors to the listed sponsors
These are all-cycle contributions to the listed sponsors’ and cosponsors’ campaigns. FEC does not attribute them to this bill. A donation plus sponsorship does not establish why a politician acted.
AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC$20,000
AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$20,000
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E$20,000
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION LEAGUE$20,000
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$15,000
SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION)$15,000
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVT. EMPL. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$13,500
D.R.I.V.E. - DEM, REP, IND VOTER ED (THE PAC OF THE INT'L BRHD OF TEAMSTERS)$12,500
LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PAC$12,500
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC)$11,500
INT'L ASSOCIATION OF BRIDGE, STRUCTURAL, ORNAMENTAL AND REINFORCING IRON WORKERS (IPAL)$11,500
AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS PAC$10,000
CARNIVAL/PRINCESS HOLLAND AMERICA LINE INC. PAC (HALPAC)$10,000
Bennie G. Thompson · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordCARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS$10,000
James P. McGovern · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordDELOITTE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10,000
Bennie G. Thompson · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordENGINEERS POLITICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE (EPEC)/INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS$10,000
INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMEN'S ASSOCIATION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION$10,000
Bennie G. Thompson · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordMACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS$10,000
OSI SYSTEMS INC PAC OSI PAC$10,000
Bennie G. Thompson · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordTRANSPORT WORKERS UNION OF AMERICA POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE$10,000
Bennie G. Thompson · Cosponsor · $10,000
Official PAC recordAMERICAN SUGAR CANE LEAGUE OF USA, INC PAC$9,000
Bennie G. Thompson · Cosponsor · $9,000
Official PAC recordAMERICAN GASTROENTEROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION INC. PAC$8,000
James P. McGovern · Cosponsor · $8,000
Official PAC recordREGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$8,000
Bennie G. Thompson · Cosponsor · $8,000
Official PAC recordUNION PACIFIC CORP. FUND FOR EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT$8,000
Bennie G. Thompson · Cosponsor · $8,000
Official PAC recordAFLAC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AFLAC PAC)$7,500
Bennie G. Thompson · Cosponsor · $7,500
Official PAC recordALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANS POLITICAL ACTION FUND$7,500
James P. McGovern · Cosponsor · $7,500
Official PAC recordAMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION$7,500
GRIDIRON-PAC$7,500
Bennie G. Thompson · Cosponsor · $7,500
Official PAC recordMICROSOFT CORPORATION STAKEHOLDERS VOLUNTARY PAC - MSVPAC$7,500
Bennie G. Thompson · Cosponsor · $7,500
Official PAC recordNATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$7,500
NATIONAL COTTON COUNCIL OF AMERICA COMMITTEE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COTTON$7,500
THE HOME DEPOT INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$7,500
Bennie G. Thompson · Cosponsor · $7,500
Official PAC recordVERIZON COMMUNICATIONS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (VERIZON PAC)$7,500
Bennie G. Thompson · Cosponsor · $7,500
Official PAC recordENTERGY CORPORATION EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ENPAC)$7,000
Bennie G. Thompson · Cosponsor · $7,000
Official PAC recordNATIONAL ACTIVE AND RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COM (NARFE-PAC)$7,000
AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PAC$6,500
DISTRICT NO. 1-PCD, MARINE ENGINEERS' BENEFICIAL ASSOC. - POLITICAL ACTION FUND (MEBA-PAF)$6,500
Bennie G. Thompson · Cosponsor · $6,500
Official PAC recordINTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS INTERESTED IN REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION PAC$6,500
THE FARM CREDIT COUNCIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$6,500
Bennie G. Thompson · Cosponsor · $6,500
Official PAC recordCHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$6,000
Bennie G. Thompson · Cosponsor · $6,000
Official PAC recordThe largest 40 donor totals appear here. Open each politician for their complete, paginated PAC donor list.
What happened after enactment?
Dated agency-reported implementation and uptake measures are shown with their scope. They do not by themselves establish causal success. If no evidence is listed, the outcome is not established.
Measured outcome: not established
Enactment alone does not show whether a law improved its intended outcome. We need a dated evaluation, observed result or verified implementation record before claiming success or failure.