US SB4293 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on July 23 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-07-23 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Pending: Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

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.

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Title

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

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History

DateChamberAction
2020-07-23SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Same As/Similar To

HB7741 (Related) 2020-07-24 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

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