[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 53 (Tuesday, March 19, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10191-10192]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-04991]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

[Docket No. DOT-OST-2018-0190]


Aviation Consumer Protection Advisory Committee Matters; 
Subcommittee on In-Flight Sexual Misconduct

AGENCY:  Office of the Secretary (``OST''), Department of 
Transportation (``DOT'').

ACTION: Notice of rescheduled first meeting of the Aviation Consumer 
Protection Advisory Committee.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Transportation has rescheduled the 
previously announced January 16, 2019, meeting of the Aviation Consumer 
Protection Advisory Committee (``ACPAC'' or ``Committee''). The new 
date for the first meeting of the reestablished ACPAC is April 4, 2019. 
The meeting will be held in the Media Center (located on the lobby 
level of the West Building) at the U.S. Department of Transportation 
Headquarters, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, Washington, DC 20590. Three 
topics will be discussed at that meeting--establishment of the National 
In-Flight Sexual Misconduct Task Force (``Task Force'') (including the 
tasks to be carried out by the Task Force); transparency of airline 
ancillary service fees; and involuntary changes to travel itineraries.

DATES: The first meeting of the reestablished ACPAC will be held on 
April 4, 2019, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To register to attend the meeting, 
please contact Zeenat Iqbal, Senior Attorney, Office of Aviation 
Enforcement and Proceedings, by email at [email protected], or by 
telephone at 202-366-9893. Attendance is open to the public up to the 
room's capacity of 100 attendees. Since space is limited and access to 
the DOT headquarters building is controlled for security purposes, any 
member of the public who plans to attend this meeting must notify the 
registration contact identified no later than Wednesday, March 27, 
2019.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On November 23, 2018, the Department issued a Federal Register 
notice indicating that the Department had reconstituted the Aviation 
Consumer Protection Advisory Committee, formerly known as the Advisory 
Committee on Aviation Consumer Protection, as a federal advisory 
committee. The FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (``2018 FAA Act''), 
signed by President Trump on October 5, 2018, extended the 
authorization for the ACPAC from September 30, 2018, to September 30, 
2023. The Department has appointed new members to the ACPAC, and 
established the Task Force as an ACPAC subcommittee. The Department had 
also announced that the first meeting of the reestablished ACPAC would 
take place on January 16, 2019. See 83 FR 59447. Due to a lapse in 
funding for the Department, that meeting was canceled.
    The rescheduled first meeting of the reestablished ACPAC will be 
held on April 4, 2019, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. 
Additionally, DOT will stream the event live on the internet and 
provide a link to the recorded webcast for future viewing at https://www.transportation.gov/airconsumer/ACPAC.
    During the first meeting, there will be a discussion of three 
topics: (1) The duties of the Task Force members; (2) the transparency 
of airline ancillary service fees; and (3) and involuntary changes to 
itineraries. The Joint Explanatory Statement of the 2018 Consolidated 
Appropriations Act requests that the Department work in collaboration 
with industry, consumers and other stakeholders to establish guidelines 
on transparency of airline ancillary fees. In addition, the 2018 FAA 
Act mandates that the Department review and make recommendations with 
regard to air carriers' handling of involuntary changes to passengers' 
travel itineraries, and that the Department may consult with the 
Committee for this purpose. Accordingly, the Committee will discuss 
these issues during the meeting.
    Members of the public may present written comments at any time. The 
docket number referenced above (DOT-OST-2018-0190) has been established 
for committee documents including any written comments that may be 
filed. At the discretion of the Chairperson and time permitting, after 
completion of the planned agenda, individual members of the public may 
provide oral comments. Any oral comments presented must be limited to 
the objectives of the committee and will be limited to five (5) minutes 
per person. Individual members of the public who wish to present oral 
comments must notify the Department of Transportation contact noted 
above via email that they wish to attend and present oral comments no 
later than Wednesday, March 27, 2019.
    Persons with a disability who plan to attend the meeting and 
require special accommodations, such as an interpreter for the hearing 
impaired, should notify the registration contact noted above no later 
than Wednesday, March 27, 2019.

Viewing Documents

    You may view any documents mentioned in this notice as being 
available in the docket at https://www.regulations.gov. After entering 
the docket number (DOT-OST-2018-0190), click the link to ``Open Docket 
Folder'' and choose the document to review. If you do not have access 
to the internet, you may view the docket online by visiting the Docket 
Management Facility in Room W12-140 on the ground floor of the DOT West 
Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590, between 9 
a.m. and 5 p.m., E.T., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on March 12, 2019.
Steven G. Bradbury,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2019-04991 Filed 3-18-19; 8:45 am]
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