[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2124 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2124

   To require the Secretary of Transportation to modify a regulation 
   regarding denied boarding on an aircraft, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 25, 2017

  Ms. Schakowsky (for herself and Mr. Krishnamoorthi) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
                           and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require the Secretary of Transportation to modify a regulation 
   regarding denied boarding on an aircraft, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Bumping on Overbooked Airplanes 
Requires Dealing Fairly Act'' or the ``BOARD Fairly Act''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF DENIED BOARDING ON AN AIRCRAFT.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall modify part 250 of 
title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, to ensure that an air carrier--
            (1) may not refuse to transport a passenger holding a 
        confirmed reserved space on a flight to provide a seat for 
        another passenger, regardless of whether such passenger is an 
        employee of an air carrier;
            (2) negotiates and solicits a volunteer to relinquish his 
        or her space before boarding the aircraft; and
            (3) if necessary, continues to increase the amount of 
        compensation offered until a volunteer willingly accepts the 
        offer in exchange for relinquishing a confirmed reserved space.
    (b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this Act restricts the 
ability of an air carrier to remove a passenger for safety or security 
reasons.
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