[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 967 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 967

     To enhance airline passenger protection when the Secretary of 
 Transportation issues a rule to require airline emergency contingency 
                                 plans.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 10, 2009

 Mrs. Schmidt introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
     To enhance airline passenger protection when the Secretary of 
 Transportation issues a rule to require airline emergency contingency 
                                 plans.

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

SECTION 1. PROTECTION FOR PASSENGERS OF FOREIGN AIR TRANSPORTATION.

    When the Secretary of Transportation issues a rule enhancing 
airline passenger protection by requiring airline emergency contingency 
plans, the Secretary shall include in such a rule a requirement that 
the owner or operator of an airport, including a reliever airport, that 
serves air carriers and foreign air carriers shall coordinate with the 
United States Customs and Border Protection to ensure that adequate 
resources and personnel are available to process passengers arriving 
into or departing from the United States in the event of a tarmac 
delay.
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