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Airline Passenger Bill of Rights Act of 2007

Introduced: March 1, 2007 Introduced by: Thompson, Mike Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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Mar 2, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Mar 1, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Mar 1, 2007
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Airline Passenger Bill of Rights Act of 2007 - Requires a covered airline to: (1) establish procedures for handling passenger complaints; (2) provide customers at the airport and aboard an aircraft with information regarding delay, cancellation, or diversion; (3) establish procedures to allow passengers to exit the aircraft in the case of a departure or arrival delay which would require passengers to remain on a grounded aircraft for more than three hours, with specified exceptions; (4) provide passengers on a departure- or arrival-delayed grounded aircraft with essential ventilation, food, water, sanitary, and medical services; (5) publish a monthly list of its chronically delayed flights and provide such information upon ticket purchase; (6) publish and update lowest fare and schedule information; and (7) make every reasonable effort to return lost baggage within 24 hours.

Directs the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) review airline and airport emergency contingency plans for bad weather; (2) work with air carriers to ensure that a pilot operating a (long) departure delayed-flight is permitted to return the aircraft to the terminal to allow passengers to exit the aircraft without losing the flight's departure sequence position; and (3) conduct a study of the ability of air carriers to provide for passengers' essential needs in cases of diverted flights.

What's happening now March 2, 2007

Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1303: Airline Passenger Bill of Rights Act of 2007. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-1303/
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"H.R. 1303: Airline Passenger Bill of Rights Act of 2007." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-1303/.
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H.R. 1303, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-1303/.
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