[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 571 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 571

To amend title 49, United States Code, relating to explanations by air 
       carriers of flight delays, cancellations, and diversions.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 13, 2001

Mr. Bilirakis introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 49, United States Code, relating to explanations by air 
       carriers of flight delays, cancellations, and diversions.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Airline Customer Notification Act''.

SEC. 2. AIRLINE PASSENGER PROTECTION.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter I of chapter 417 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 41722. Air carrier passenger protection
    ``(a) Explanation of Delay, Cancellation, or Diversion.--
            ``(1) Announcement.--An announcement by an air carrier of 
        (1) a delay of 2 or more hours or cancellation of a flight, (2) 
        a diversion of a flight to an airport other than the airport at 
        which the flight is scheduled to land, or (3) a delay of 1 or 
        more hours in deplaning following the touchdown of an aircraft 
        at an airport shall include an explanation of the reason or 
        reasons for the delay, cancellation, or diversion and, in the 
        case of a delay, the expected length of the delay.
            ``(2) Request.--Upon request of a passenger on flight with 
        respect to which an announcement subject to paragraph (1) is 
        made by an air carrier, the carrier shall provide a written 
        copy of the explanation included in such announcement.
            ``(3) Notice.--Each air carrier shall post at the gate or 
        at the ticket counter, or both, a notice of the right of a 
        passenger on a flight with respect to which an announcement 
        subject to paragraph (1) is made by the carrier to request a 
        written copy of any explanation included in such announcement.
    ``(b) Prohibition on False or Misleading Explanations.--No air 
carrier shall provide an explanation under subsection (a) that the air 
carrier knows or has reason to know is false or misleading.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The analysis for such chapter is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to section 41721 the following:

``41722. Air carrier passenger protection.''.
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