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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Apr 26, 2017
Transparency Improvements and Compensation to Keep Every Ticketholder Safe Act of 2017 or the TICKETS Act
This bill prohibits an air carrier from denying the boarding of a flight by a passenger who has been cleared to board, without the passenger's consent, unless such passenger presents a safety, security, or health risk.
The Department of Transportation (DOT) shall revise federal regulations relating to oversold flights:
to eliminate specified dollar amount limits on compensation provided to a passenger denied boarding involuntarily, and
to determine whether limits on the number of seats oversold for a flight are necessary and, if so, to consider whether to impose such limits based on a percentage of seats available on the aircraft.
The DOT shall prescribe regulations to require an air carrier to:
check in its employee or that of another air carrier seeking accommodation on a flight at least 60 minutes before its scheduled departure, and
specify on a passenger's itinerary and publicly post its policies with respect to oversold flights and requiring passengers to give up their seats to air carrier employees.
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Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] · D–NH
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Introduced in Senate
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