; 100 Stat. 1080), adding a provision now codified in section 41705 of title 49, United States Code, prohibiting disability-based discrimination in air transportation. (2) Despite this effort, individuals with disabilities continue to experience significant barriers to and with traveling in air transportation. (3) The Department of Transportation’s Airline Passengers with Disabilities Bill of Rights specifies that airlines must accept a battery powered wheelchair, if it fits in the cargo compartment and can be transported consistent with safety and security requirements . (4) Wheelchairs and other mobility aids powered by lithium-ion batteries are growing in prevalence, as lithium-ion batteries are light-weight and can extend a device’s range between charges. (5) Airline passengers with disabilities who travel with lithium-ion-powered wheelchairs or mobility aids have been arbitrarily and erroneously denied boarding despite presenting documentation that their devices meet all applicable safety standards. (6) As the popularity of lithium-ion-powered wheelchairs and mobility aids continues to increase, so will the frequency of instances when airline passengers with disabilities are erroneously and arbitrarily denied boarding. (b) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that an air carrier or foreign air carrier that denies an airline passenger with a disability who use a lithium-ion-powered wheelchair or mobility aid that meets all applicable safety standards for air travel should be considered to have violated such passenger’s rights under section 41705 of title 49, United States Code, and therefore, all air carriers and foreign air carriers must maintain clear policies pertaining to lithium-ion battery-powered wheelchairs and mobility aids that are no more restrictive than all applicable safety standards. 3. Annual survey of air carrier and foreign air carrier lithium-ion battery policies for wheelchairs and mobility aids (a) In general Subchapter I of chapter 417 of title 49, United States Code, is amended