Transportation

Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-Ill.) introduced a bill that would standardize a maximum allowable size for carry-on baggage aboard commercial aircraft

June 23, 2009

. Currently using differing standards, airlines would have the option to set smaller limits than the maximum size proposed by Lipinski's bill, which is "56 centimeters in length by 45 centimeters in height by 25 centimeters in width." The bill was referred to two U.S. House of Representatives committees.