US Congress House Bill 2191 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on April 27 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-04-28 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Aviation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

SEAT Act of 2017 Secure Equity in Airline Transportation Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Transportation to issue a final rule to revise a federal regulation relating to oversold flights to prohibit an air carrier from denying air transportation to a passenger on an oversold aircraft that the passenger has boarded based on the status of the passenger with respect to the carrier's priority rules and criteria for determining which passengers holding a confirmed reserved seat shall be denied boarding in the event that an insufficient number of volunteers come forward.

SEAT Act of 2017 Secure Equity in Airline Transportation Act of 2017

Rep. Neal Dunn [R-FL]

Rep. Vicente Gonzalez [D-TX]

Rep. Vern Buchanan [R-FL]

Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-04-28	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
2017-04-27	House	Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
2017-04-27	House	Introduced in House

HB2124 (Related) 2017-04-26 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
HB2349 (Related) 2017-05-04 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
SB947 (Related) 2017-04-26 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/2191/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr2191/BILLS-115hr2191ih.pdf