,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #babd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #be1 #bjag,ms4
 ,schakowsky 7for herself and ,mr4      
,krishnamoorthi7 introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,transportation and   
,infrastructure  ,a ,,bill  ,to require 
the ,secretary of ,transportation to    
modify a regulation regarding denied    
boarding on an aircraft1 and for other  
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,bumping on         
,overbooked ,airplanes ,requires        
,dealing ,fairly ,act or the ,,board    
,fairly ,act 4  #b4 ,modification of    
denied boarding on an aircraft  7a7 ,in 
general ,not later than #a year after   
the date of enactment of this ,act1 the 
,secretary of ,transportation shall     
modify part #bej of title #ad1 ,code of 
,federal ,regulations1 to ensure that an
 air carrier--  7#a7 may not refuse to  
transport a passenger holding a         
confirmed reserved space on a flight to 

provide a seat for another passenger1   
regardless of whether such passenger is 
an employee of an air carrier2  7#b7    
negotiates and solicits a volunteer to  
relinquish his or her space before      
boarding the aircraft2 and  7#c7 if     
necessary1 continues to increase the    
amount of compensation offered until a  
volunteer willingly accepts the offer in
 exchange for relinquishing a confirmed 
reserved space4  7b7 ,rule of           
construction ,nothing in this ,act      
restricts the ability of an air carrier 
to remove a passenger for safety or     
security reasons4