US Congress House Bill 7741 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Introduced on July 23 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-07-24 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Aviation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibits air carriers, during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency, from (1) permitting adjacent seats to another occupied seat to be filled on a passenger aircraft, (2) passing along the cost of any seat switch undertaken by such air carriers in order to comply with the prohibitions, and (3) permitting a passenger or crewmember to board a passenger aircraft if the passenger or crewmember is not wearing a mask. The Federal Aviation Administration must issue guidance for appropriate exceptions to the prohibitions based on federal public health guidance.

MIDDLE Act of 2020 Maintaining Important Distance During Lengthy Epidemics Act of 2020

Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]

Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]

Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]

Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-07-24	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
2020-07-23	House	Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
2020-07-23	House	Introduced in House

SB4293 (Related) 2020-07-23 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/7741/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr7741/BILLS-116hr7741ih.pdf