US Congress House Bill 4445 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Introduced on November 16 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-11-17 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Aviation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Airline Consumer Bill of Rights Act This bill directs the Department of Transportation to require each air carrier to submit for approval a one-page document that accurately describes the rights of passengers in air transportation. The document must include guidelines for: (1) compensation for flight delays of various lengths, flight cancellations, and mishandled baggage; (2) voluntary relinquishment of a ticketed seat due to overbooking or priority of other passengers; and (3) involuntary denial of boarding and forced removal. Each air carrier must make the document available on its website and in written form at all offices and ticket counters.

Airline Consumer Bill of Rights Act

Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]

Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]

Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]

Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-11-17	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
2017-11-16	House	Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
2017-11-16	House	Introduced in House

HB2997 (Related) 2017-09-06 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 213.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4445/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr4445/BILLS-115hr4445ih.pdf