[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 89 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 H. R. 89

   To require air carriers to honor tickets for bankrupt air service.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 4, 2005

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

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require air carriers to honor tickets for bankrupt air service.

    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 Consumer Protection Act of 
2005''.

SEC. 2. AIR CARRIERS REQUIRED TO HONOR TICKETS FOR SUSPENDED SERVICE.

    (a) In General.--Each air carrier that provides scheduled air 
transportation on a route shall provide, to the extent practicable, air 
transportation to passengers ticketed for air transportation on that 
route by any other air carrier that suspends, interrupts, or 
discontinues air passenger service on the route by reason of insolvency 
or bankruptcy of the other air carrier.
    (b) Passenger Obligation.--An air carrier is not required to 
provide air transportation under subsection (a) to a passenger unless 
that passenger makes alternative arrangements with the air carrier for 
such transportation within 60 days after the date on which that 
passenger's air transportation was suspended, interrupted, or 
discontinued (without regard to the originally scheduled travel date on 
the ticket).
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