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Hands off Passengers Act

H.R. 2349 · 115th Congress · May 3, 2017 · Lineage

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.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Hands off Passengers Act”.

Sec. 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.