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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9135 

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to require certain air carriers 

to develop and regularly update an operational resiliency strategy, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 25, 2024 

Mr. LARSEN of Washington (for himself and Mr. COHEN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 

Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to require certain 

air carriers to develop and regularly update an operational resiliency strategy, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Ensuring Airline Resil5 iency to Reduce Delays and Cancellations Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. AIRLINE OPERATIONAL RESILIENCY PLANS. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 

8 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transpor9 tation shall require a covered carrier to develop and reguVerDate Sep 11 2014 02:12 Aug 21, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9135.IH H9135

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1 larly update an operational resiliency strategy to prevent 

2 or limit the impact of future flight disruptions on pas3 sengers. 

4 (b) OPERATIONAL RESILIENCY STRATEGY.—In each 

5 operational resiliency strategy developed under subsection 

6 (a), a covered carrier shall include a description of— 

7 (1) the potential impact of severe weather and 

8 other reasonably anticipated disruptive events on the 

9 operations of the carrier and how the carrier seeks 

10 to prevent or limit the impact of such events on pas11 sengers; 

12 (2) the potential impact of severe weather 

13 events and other reasonably anticipated disruptive 

14 events on— 

15 (A) staffing models and the preparedness 

16 of the current workforce of the carrier to ad17 dress such conditions; and 

18 (B) the current information and technology 

19 systems of the carrier, including crew sched20 uling systems, and the preparedness of such 

21 systems to continue operations after such an 

22 event or disruption; 

23 (3) the preparedness of the carrier to maintain 

24 operations and limit or prevent the impact of other 

25 potential disruptive events identified by the carrier; 


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1 (4) the extent to which the carrier addresses 

2 known cybersecurity risks and information tech3 nology deficiencies and vulnerabilities to prevent po4 tential flight disruptions; and 

5 (5) any other issues the Secretary determines 

6 appropriate to protect consumers and maintain the 

7 operational stability of the airline industry. 

8 (c) PROPRIETARY INFORMATION.—The Secretary 

9 shall develop a method to protect the confidentiality of any 

10 trade secret or proprietary information submitted in an 

11 operational resiliency strategy under subsection (b). 

12 (d) EVALUATION.— 

13 (1) AUDIT.—Not later than 3 years after the 

14 date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller Gen15 eral of the United States shall initiate an audit to 

16 evaluate the effectiveness of the operational resil17 iency strategies developed under this section by cov18 ered air carriers. 

19 (2) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after com20 pletion of the audit conducted under paragraph (1), 

21 the Comptroller General shall submit to the Com22 mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 

23 House of Representatives and the Committee on 

24 Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Sen25 ate a report on the findings of the audit. 


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1 (e) COVERED CARRIER.—In this section, the term 

2 ‘‘covered carrier’’ has the meaning given such term in sec3 tion 259.3 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (or 

4 successor regulations). 

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