H.R. 2124 · 115th Congress
BOARD Fairly Act
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Jan Schakowsky
- Introduced
- 2017-04-25
- Latest action
- 2017-04-26 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Summary
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.