Ensuring Airline Resiliency to Reduce Delays and Cancellations Act

Bill: 118-hr-9135
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2]
Introduced: 2024-07-25
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Accounting and auditing

Atmospheric science and weather

Aviation and airports

Congressional oversight

Government information and archives

Transportation safety and security
Latest action: action_date: 2024-12-18
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 733.

Summaries:

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 733 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9135 [Report No. 118–898] 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 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. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ensuring Airline Resiliency to Reduce Delays and Cancellations Act . 2. Airline operational resiliency plans (a) In general Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall require a covered carrier to develop and regularly update an operational resiliency strategy to prevent or limit the impact of future flight disruptions on passengers. (b) Operational resiliency strategy In each operational resiliency strategy developed under subsection (a), a covered carrier shall include a description of— (1) the potential impact of severe weather and other reasonably anticipated disruptive events on the operations of the carrier and how the carrier seeks to prevent or limit the impact of such events on passengers; (2) the potential impact of severe weather events and other reasonably anticipated disruptive events on— (A) staffing models, including the ability of such models to ensure the workforce is able to adequately respond to such events and reschedule passengers, flight crews, operations staff, and other appropriate personnel; and (B) the current information and technology systems of the carrier, including crew scheduling systems, and the preparedness of such systems to continue operations after such an event or disruption; (3) the preparedness of the carrier to maintain operations and limit or prevent the impact of other potential disruptive events identified by the carrier; (4) the extent to which the carrier addresses known cybersecurity risks and information technology deficiencies and vulnerabilities to prevent potential flight disruptions; and (5) any other issues the Secretary determines appropriate to protect consumers and maintain the operational stability of the airline industry. (c) Proprietary information The Secretary shall develop a method to protect the confidentiality of any trade secret or proprietary information submitted in an operational resiliency strategy under subsection (b). (d) Evaluation (1) Audit Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall initiate an audit to evaluate the effectiveness of the operational resiliency strategies developed under this section by covered air carriers. (2) Report Not later than 1 year after completion of the audit conducted under paragraph (1), the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on the findings of the audit. (e) Covered carrier In this section, the term covered carrier has the meaning given such term in section 259.3 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations).

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

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9135 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. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ensuring Airline Resiliency to Reduce Delays and Cancellations Act . 2. Airline operational resiliency plans (a) In general Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall require a covered carrier to develop and regularly update an operational resiliency strategy to prevent or limit the impact of future flight disruptions on passengers. (b) Operational resiliency strategy In each operational resiliency strategy developed under subsection (a), a covered carrier shall include a description of— (1) the potential impact of severe weather and other reasonably anticipated disruptive events on the operations of the carrier and how the carrier seeks to prevent or limit the impact of such events on passengers; (2) the potential impact of severe weather events and other reasonably anticipated disruptive events on— (A) staffing models and the preparedness of the current workforce of the carrier to address such conditions; and (B) the current information and technology systems of the carrier, including crew scheduling systems, and the preparedness of such systems to continue operations after such an event or disruption; (3) the preparedness of the carrier to maintain operations and limit or prevent the impact of other potential disruptive events identified by the carrier; (4) the extent to which the carrier addresses known cybersecurity risks and information technology deficiencies and vulnerabilities to prevent potential flight disruptions; and (5) any other issues the Secretary determines appropriate to protect consumers and maintain the operational stability of the airline industry. (c) Proprietary information The Secretary shall develop a method to protect the confidentiality of any trade secret or proprietary information submitted in an operational resiliency strategy under subsection (b). (d) Evaluation (1) Audit Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall initiate an audit to evaluate the effectiveness of the operational resiliency strategies developed under this section by covered air carriers. (2) Report Not later than 1 year after completion of the audit conducted under paragraph (1), the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on the findings of the audit. (e) Covered carrier In this section, the term covered carrier has the meaning given such term in section 259.3 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations).