Customers Not Cargo Act of 2017
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 3, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Aug 3, 2017
Introduced in Senate
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Plain-English summary
Customers Not Cargo Act of 2017
This bill requires the Department of Transportation (DOT) to revise regulations to:
- prohibit an air carrier from forcibly removing a passenger from an aircraft after boarding because the carrier oversold the flight or to provide a passenger seat to an employee of the carrier;
- establish standards for resolving oversales once an aircraft has been boarded through escalating incentives to passengers to encourage voluntary rebooking; and
- require an air carrier, to the extent practicable, to resolve issues related to overselling a flight before boarding the flight.
DOT shall consider providing exceptions in such regulations for a medical emergency or a circumstance that poses a threat to the safety of the flight.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Bill text
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Committees of jurisdiction
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Cosponsors
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Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1733: Customers Not Cargo Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1733/
"S. 1733: Customers Not Cargo Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1733/.
S. 1733, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1733/.
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