US Congress House Bill 3480 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on June 25 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-06-26 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Aviation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Authorizes the Department of Transportation (DOT) to declare an aviation humanitarian crisis at airports serving areas in which a federally-declared major disaster or emergency exists. For each such humanitarian crisis, DOT must identify the airports subject to the disaster declaration and the time period during which the declaration applies. The bill limits the ability of air carriers to impose an excess charge for any seat on a flight or a passenger facility charge during the period of such crisis.

Aviation Humanitarian Crisis Act of 2019

Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-06-26	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
2019-06-25	House	Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
2019-06-25	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/3480/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr3480/BILLS-116hr3480ih.pdf