Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Aviation Subcommittee
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Bumping on Overbooked Airplanes Requires Dealing Fairly Act or the BOARD Fairly Act This bill directs the Department of Transportation to modify a federal regulation relating to oversold flights to ensure that an air carrier: may not refuse to transport a passenger holding a confirmed reserved seat on a flight to provide a seat for another passenger, regardless of whether such passenger is an air carrier employee; negotiates and solicits a volunteer to relinquish his or her space before boarding the aircraft; and if necessary, continues to increase the amount of compensation offered until a volunteer willingly accepts the offer in exchange for relinquishing a confirmed reserved seat.
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAviation and airportsConsumer affairsDepartment of TransportationTransportation costsTransportation employees
To require the Secretary of Transportation to modify a regulation regarding denied boarding on an aircraft, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressHR-2124| House
| Updated: 4/26/2017
Bumping on Overbooked Airplanes Requires Dealing Fairly Act or the BOARD Fairly Act This bill directs the Department of Transportation to modify a federal regulation relating to oversold flights to ensure that an air carrier: may not refuse to transport a passenger holding a confirmed reserved seat on a flight to provide a seat for another passenger, regardless of whether such passenger is an air carrier employee; negotiates and solicits a volunteer to relinquish his or her space before boarding the aircraft; and if necessary, continues to increase the amount of compensation offered until a volunteer willingly accepts the offer in exchange for relinquishing a confirmed reserved seat.
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAviation and airportsConsumer affairsDepartment of TransportationTransportation costsTransportation employees