3.0.0 3156 2023-01-11T13:42:06Z 2023-01-11T13:42:06Z Senate S 2018-06-28 115 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-06-28T15:53:43Z 2018-06-28 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2018-06-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN N Transportation and Public Works Transportation and Public Works 00 2018-06-28 Introduced in Senate 2018-07-17T17:22:20Z Airline Consumer Protection Act of 2018

This bill directs the Department of Transportation to promulgate regulations that require each covered air carrier to: (1) ensure that the purchase of an airline ticket guarantees transportation of the passenger to the advertised destination (subject to reasons prohibiting a passenger from flying as established by the Federal Aviation Administration or any other federal agency); and (2) provide each passenger with alternative transportation to the advertised destination at no additional expense and in a reasonable and timely manner, if the carrier cancels a flight.

]]> Airline Consumer Protection Act of 2018 Display Title Airline Consumer Protection Act of 2018 Official Title as Introduced A bill to protect airline consumers in the case of cancelled flights. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Airline Consumer Protection Act of 2018 Introduced in Senate 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s3156is/xml/BILLS-115s3156is.xml 2018-06-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.