---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 U.S.C. § 41727"
title: "49"
title_heading: "Transportation"
number: "41727"
heading: "Passenger Rights 1"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/49/41727"
units:
  - "Subtitle VII — Aviation Programs"
  - "Part A — Air Commerce and Safety"
  - "Subpart ii — economic regulation"
  - "Chapter 417 — Operations of Carriers"
  - "Subchapter I — Requirements"
---

# §41727. Passenger Rights 1

- (a) **Guidelines.—** The Secretary of Transportation shall require each covered [air carrier](/usc/49/40102.md?p=a-2) to submit a summarized 1-page document that describes the rights of passengers in [air transportation](/usc/49/40102.md?p=a-5), including guidelines for the following:
  - (1) Compensation (regarding rebooking options, refunds, meals, and lodging) for flight delays of various lengths.
  - (2) Compensation (regarding rebooking options, refunds, meals, and lodging) for flight diversions.
  - (3) Compensation (regarding rebooking options, refunds, meals, and lodging) for flight cancellations.
  - (4) Compensation for mishandled baggage, including delayed, damaged, pilfered, or lost baggage.
  - (5) Voluntary relinquishment of a ticketed seat due to overbooking or priority of other passengers.
  - (6) Involuntary denial of boarding and forced removal for whatever reason, including for safety and security reasons.
- (b) **Filing of Summarized Guidelines.—** Not later than 90 days after each [air carrier](/usc/49/40102.md?p=a-2) submits its guidelines to the Secretary under [subsection (a)](#a), the [air carrier](/usc/49/40102.md?p=a-2) shall make available such 1-page document in a prominent location on its website.

## Footnotes

[^1]: So in original. Probably should not be capitalized.

## Source credit

(Added and amended Pub. L. 118–63, title V, § 510(a), May 16, 2024, 138 Stat. 1193.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section, as added and amended by section 510(a) of Pub. L. 118–63, is based on Pub. L. 115–254, div. B, title IV, § 429, Oct. 5, 2018, 132 Stat. 3341, which was formerly set out as a note preceding section 42301 of this title before being transferred to this chapter and renumbered as this section.

### Amendments

2024—Pub. L. 118–63, § 510(a)(1), transferred section 429 of Pub. L. 115–254 to this chapter, renumbered it as this section, and amended style of section catchline. See Codification note above.

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 118–63, § 510(a)(2), substituted “The Secretary” for “Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary” in introductory provisions.