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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Jun 7, 2017
Airline Consumer Protection Act of 2017
This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to issue a final rule to require an air carrier to:
seek, for a delay exceeding three hours, a cancellation, or a misconnection as a result of circumstances within the air carrier's control, alternative transportation for a displaced passenger; and
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accept, for a reasonable fee, a displaced passenger from another air carrier or a passenger involuntarily denied boarding due to a lack of available seats.
The Government Accountability Office shall submit a report that reviews airline computer network functions.
Any air carrier schedule change resulting from a computer network disruption, security breach, or other inoperability may be considered an event within a carrier's control.
DOT shall:
publish a final rule to require an air carrier to submit to the Federal Aviation Administration a plan for restoring full functionality of its computer network systems in the event of a service disruption;
establish an airline industry computer network resiliency working group;
modify federal regulations to require each air carrier to adopt a contingency plan for any delay, cancellation, or misconnection affecting a passenger; and
issue regulations to ensure that a ticketed passenger shall not pay a fee to select an alternative flight if the aircraft's lavatory is not functioning.
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Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3] · D–IL
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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