Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Saving All Flyers from Ejection and Securing Everyone’s Access to Travel Act” or the “SAFE SEAT Act”.
Saving All Flyers from Ejection and Securing Everyone’s Access to Travel Act
A BILL
To improve air travel for passengers, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Air travel improvements
In general— The Secretary of Transportation shall issue or revise regulations to ensure that—
a passenger, after boarding an aircraft for a flight, is not subjected to the use of force or involuntary removal unless directly necessary for safety or security;
air carriers resolve all issues relating to overbooking of a flight prior to beginning boarding for that flight; and
air carriers, before an individual is denied boarding involuntarily with respect to a flight, make a compensation offer—
to any individual willing to voluntarily forgo boarding for that flight; and
in an amount that is at least the maximum compensation amount required under Federal regulations for passengers denied boarding involuntarily.
Air carrier defined— In this section, the term air carrier has the meaning given that term in section 40102(a) of title 49, United States Code.