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MIDDLE Act of 2020

Introduced: July 23, 2020 Introduced by: Merkley, Jeff Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Jul 23, 2020
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Maintaining Important Distance During Lengthy Epidemics Act of 2020 or the MIDDLE Act of 2020

This bill prohibits air carriers, during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency, from (1) permitting adjacent seats to another occupied seat to be filled on a passenger aircraft, (2) passing along the cost of any seat switch undertaken by such air carriers in order to comply with the prohibitions, and (3) permitting a passenger or crewmember to board a passenger aircraft if the passenger or crewmember is not wearing a mask.

The Federal Aviation Administration must issue guidance for appropriate exceptions to the prohibitions based on federal public health guidance.

What's happening now July 23, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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