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HR 2191 115th Congress House Transportation and Public Works Administrative law and regulatory procedures Aviation and airports Consumer affairs Department of Transportation

SEAT Act of 2017

Introduced: April 27, 2017 Introduced by: Dunn, Neal P. Republican · Florida See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 28, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Apr 27, 2017
Introduced in House
Apr 27, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Secure Equity in Airline Transportation Act of 2017 or the SEAT 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.

What's happening now April 28, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

 Related & companion bills 3
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  • HR 2124 Related bill BOARD Fairly Act
  • S 947 Related bill TICKETS Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Republican 1
R
Buchanan, Vern
Florida · Apr 27, 2017
 D
Gonzalez, Vicente
Texas · Apr 27, 2017
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Apr 27, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2191: SEAT Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2191/
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"H.R. 2191: SEAT Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2191/.
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H.R. 2191, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2191/.
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