[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2191 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2191

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to revise certain regulations 
         relating to aircraft boarding, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 27, 2017

  Mr. Dunn (for himself, Mr. Gonzalez of Texas, Mr. Buchanan, and Mr. 
    Neal) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to revise certain regulations 
         relating to aircraft boarding, 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 ``Secure Equity in Airline 
Transportation Act of 2017'' or the ``SEAT Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. AIRCRAFT BOARDING.

    Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Transportation shall issue a final rule to revise part 250 
of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, to prohibit an air carrier 
from denying air transportation to a passenger on an oversold aircraft 
that the passenger has physically boarded based on the status of the 
passenger with respect to the priority rules and criteria of the 
carrier for determining which passengers holding confirmed reserved 
space shall be denied boarding in the event that an insufficient number 
of volunteers come forward.
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