Hands off Passengers Act

Bill: 115-hr-2349
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-10]
Introduced: 2017-05-03
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Aviation and airports

Consumer affairs

Department of Transportation

Transportation costs

Transportation employees
Latest action: action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-05-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Hands off Passengers Act</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Department of Transportation to modify a federal regulation relating to oversold flights to prohibit the involuntary deplaning of, or denial of boarding a flight by, any passenger holding a confirmed reserved seat on an oversold flight to accommodate a member of the air carrier's flight crew or staff.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2349 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 3, 2017 Mr. Turner introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To require the Secretary of Transportation to modify a regulation regarding the involuntary deplaning or denial of boarding a flight of any passenger on an oversold flight to accommodate a member of the air carrier’s flight crew or staff.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Hands off Passengers Act . 2. No bumping for flight crew The Secretary of Transportation shall modify part 250 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, to prohibit the involuntary deplaning or denial of boarding a flight of any passenger holding a confirmed reserved seat on an oversold flight to accommodate a member of the air carrier’s flight crew or staff.