Airline Consumer Bill of Rights Act

Summary

Airline Consumer Bill of Rights Act This bill directs the Department of Transportation to require each air carrier to submit for approval a one-page document that accurately describes the rights of passengers in air transportation. The document must include guidelines for: (1) compensation for flight delays of various lengths, flight cancellations, and mishandled baggage; (2) voluntary relinquishment of a ticketed seat due to overbooking or priority of other passengers; and (3) involuntary denial of boarding and forced removal. Each air carrier must make the document available on its website and in written form at all offices and ticket counters.

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 16 November 2017

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 16 November 2017

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 16 November 2017

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