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Airline Consumer Bill of Rights Act

Introduced: November 16, 2017 See on congress.gov
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Nov 17, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Nov 16, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Nov 16, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

What's happening now November 17, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2997 Related bill 21st Century AIRR Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
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All 1 Democratic 1
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Dec 5, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4445: Airline Consumer Bill of Rights Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4445/
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"H.R. 4445: Airline Consumer Bill of Rights Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4445/.
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H.R. 4445, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4445/.
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