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Union Calendar No. 733 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9135 

[Report No. 118–898] 

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 

DECEMBER 18, 2024 

Additional sponsors: Mr. STANTON, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. 

BROWNLEY, Ms. NORTON, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, 

and Mr. DESAULNIER

DECEMBER 18, 2024 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on July 25, 2024] 


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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. 


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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 date 

8 of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation 

9 shall require a covered carrier to develop and regularly up10 date an operational resiliency strategy to prevent or limit 

11 the impact of future flight disruptions on passengers. 

12 (b) OPERATIONAL RESILIENCY STRATEGY.—In each 

13 operational resiliency strategy developed under subsection 

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

15 (1) the potential impact of severe weather and 

16 other reasonably anticipated disruptive events on the 

17 operations of the carrier and how the carrier seeks to 

18 prevent or limit the impact of such events on pas19 sengers; 

20 (2) the potential impact of severe weather events 

21 and other reasonably anticipated disruptive events 

22 on— 

23 (A) staffing models, including the ability of 

24 such models to ensure the workforce is able to 

25 adequately respond to such events and reschedule 


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1 passengers, flight crews, operations staff, and 

2 other appropriate personnel; and 

3 (B) the current information and technology 

4 systems of the carrier, including crew scheduling 

5 systems, and the preparedness of such systems to 

6 continue operations after such an event or dis7 ruption; 

8 (3) the preparedness of the carrier to maintain 

9 operations and limit or prevent the impact of other 

10 potential disruptive events identified by the carrier; 

11 (4) the extent to which the carrier addresses 

12 known cybersecurity risks and information technology 

13 deficiencies and vulnerabilities to prevent potential 

14 flight disruptions; and 

15 (5) any other issues the Secretary determines ap16 propriate to protect consumers and maintain the 

17 operational stability of the airline industry. 

18 (c) PROPRIETARY INFORMATION.—The Secretary shall 

19 develop a method to protect the confidentiality of any trade 

20 secret or proprietary information submitted in an oper21 ational resiliency strategy under subsection (b). 

22 (d) EVALUATION.— 

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

24 date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 

25 of the United States shall initiate an audit to evaluVerDate Sep 11 2014 00:27 Dec 20, 2024 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H9135.RH H9135

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1 ate the effectiveness of the operational resiliency strat2 egies developed under this section by covered air car3 riers. 

4 (2) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after com5 pletion of the audit conducted under paragraph (1), 

6 the Comptroller General shall submit to the Com7 mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 

8 House of Representatives and the Committee on Com9 merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a 

10 report on the findings of the audit. 

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

12 ‘‘covered carrier’’ has the meaning given such term in sec13 tion 259.3 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (or suc14 cessor regulations). 


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Union Calendar No. 733 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9135 

[Report No. 118–898] 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to reother purposes. update an operational resiliency strategy, and for quire certain air carriers to develop and regularly 

DECEMBER 18, 2024 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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