US Congress House Bill 2124 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on April 25 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-04-26 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Aviation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

BOARD Fairly Act Bumping on Overbooked Airplanes Requires Dealing Fairly Act This bill directs the Department of Transportation to modify a federal regulation relating to oversold flights to ensure that an air carrier: may not refuse to transport a passenger holding a confirmed reserved seat on a flight to provide a seat for another passenger, regardless of whether such passenger is an air carrier employee; negotiates and solicits a volunteer to relinquish his or her space before boarding the aircraft; and if necessary, continues to increase the amount of compensation offered until a volunteer willingly accepts the offer in exchange for relinquishing a confirmed reserved seat.

BOARD Fairly Act Bumping on Overbooked Airplanes Requires Dealing Fairly Act

Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi [D-IL]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]
Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-04-26	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
2017-04-25	House	Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
2017-04-25	House	Introduced in House

HB2191 (Related) 2017-04-28 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
SB947 (Related) 2017-04-26 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
HB2349 (Related) 2017-05-04 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/2124/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr2124/BILLS-115hr2124ih.pdf