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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7433 
To protect airline crew members, security screening personnel, and passengers 
by banning abusive passengers from commercial aircraft flights, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 6, 2022 
Mr. SWALWELL (for himself and Mr. FITZPATRICK) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in 
addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a 
period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To protect airline crew members, security screening per-
sonnel, and passengers by banning abusive passengers 
from commercial aircraft flights, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protection from Abu-
sive Passengers Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. DEFINED TERM. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘abusive passenger’’ means any 
individual who, on or after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, engages in behavior that results in— 
(1) the assessment of a civil penalty for— 
(A) engaging in conduct prohibited under 
section 46318 of title 49, United States Code; 
or 
(B) tampering with, interfering with, com-
promising, modifying, or attempting to cir-
cumvent any security system, measure, or pro-
cedure related to civil aviation security in viola-
tion of section 1540.105(a)(1) of title 49, Code 
of Federal Regulations, if such violation is com-
mitted on an aircraft in flight (as defined in 
section 46501(1) of title 49, United States 
Code); 
(2) a conviction for a violation of section 46503 
or 46504 of title 49, United States Code; or 
(3) a conviction for any other Federal offense 
involving assaults, threats, or intimidation against a 
crewmember on an aircraft in flight (as defined in 
section 46501(1) of title 49, United States Code). 
SEC. 3. REFERRALS. 
The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration or the Attorney General shall provide the identity, 
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including the full name, full date of birth, and gender, of 
all abusive passengers to the Administrator of the Trans-
portation Security Administration. 
SEC. 4. BANNED FLIERS. 
(a) LIST.—The Administrator of the Transportation 
Security Administration shall maintain a list of abusive 
passengers. 
(b) EFFECT OF INCLUSION ON LIST.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Any individual included on 
the list maintained pursuant to subsection (a) shall 
be prohibited from boarding any commercial aircraft 
flight until such individual is removed from such list 
in accordance with the procedures established by the 
Administrator pursuant to section 5. 
(2) OTHER LISTS.—The placement of an indi-
vidual on the list maintained pursuant to subsection 
(a) shall not preclude the placement of such indi-
vidual on other lists maintained by the Federal Gov-
ernment and used by the Administrator of the 
Transportation Security Administration pursuant to 
sections 114(h) and 44903(j)(2)(C) of title 49, 
United States Code, to prohibit such individual from 
boarding a flight or to take other appropriate action 
with respect to such individual if the Administrator 
determines that such individual— 
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(A) poses a risk to the transportation sys-
tem or national security; 
(B) poses a risk of air piracy or terrorism; 
(C) poses a threat to airline or passenger 
safety; or 
(D) poses a threat to civil aviation or na-
tional security. 
SEC. 5. POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR HANDLING ABU-
SIVE PASSENGERS. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Administrator of the Transportation 
Security Administration shall develop, and post on a pub-
licly available website of the Transportation Security Ad-
ministration, policies and procedures for handling individ-
uals included on the list maintained pursuant to section 
4(a), including— 
(1) the process for receiving and handling refer-
rals received pursuant to section 3; 
(2) the method by which the list of banned fli-
ers required under section 4(a) will be maintained; 
(3) specific guidelines and considerations for re-
moving an individual from such list based on the 
gravity of each offense described in section 2; 
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