115th CONGRESS 1st Session |
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.
May 3, 2017
Mr. Turner introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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.