H.R. 5556
119th Congress
House
Flight Refund Fairness Act
Official title: To amend title 49, United States Code, to require air carriers to transfer funds to a ticket agent for cancelled or significantly delayed or changed flights wi… Show full official titleShow less
Official title: To amend title 49, United States Code, to require air carriers to transfer funds to a ticket agent for cancelled or significantly delayed or changed flights within the time required for air carriers and ticket agents to provide refunds to passengers, and for other purposes.
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 24, 2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Sep 23, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Sep 23, 2025
Introduced in House
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What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Bill text
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- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Lobbying activity
12
- AMERICAN SOCIETY OF TRAVEL ADVISORS, INC.
- AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC. (D/B/A AIRLINES FOR AMERICA)
- AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC. (D/B/A AIRLINES FOR AMERICA)
- JPMORGAN CHASE HOLDINGS LLC
- AMERICAN SOCIETY OF TRAVEL ADVISORS, INC.
- AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC. (D/B/A AIRLINES FOR AMERICA)
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Treasury, Dept of
- Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
- Defense, Dept of (DOD)
- Executive Office of the President (EOP)
- Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
- Natl Economic Council (NEC)
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5556: Flight Refund Fairness Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5556/
"H.R. 5556: Flight Refund Fairness Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5556/.
H.R. 5556, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5556/.
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