,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #agcc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,august #c1    
#bjag ,mr4 ,van ,hollen 7for himself1   
,mr4 ,carper1 and ,mr4 ,blumenthal7     
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,commerce1 ,science1 and  
,transportation  ,a ,,bill  ,to require 
the ,secretary of ,transportation to    
revise regulations relating to oversold 
flights to prohibit the forcible removal
 of passengers from such flights1 and   
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,customers ,not ,cargo ,act of #bjag4   
#b4 ,prohibition on forcible removal of 
passengers from oversold flights  7a7   
,in general ,not later than #ahj days   
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 the ,secretary of ,transportation 
shall revise the regulations under part 
#bej of title #ad1 ,code of ,federal    
,regulations--  7#a7 to prohibit an air 
carrier from forcibly removing a        

passenger from an aircraft after        
boarding because the air carrier        
oversold the flight or to provide a     
passenger seat to an employee of the air
 carrier2  7#b7 to establish standards  
for resolving oversales once an aircraft
 has been boarded through the provision 
of escalating incentives to passengers  
to encourage voluntary rebooking2 and   
7#c7 to require an air carrier1 to the  
extent practicable1 to resolve issues   
related to overselling a flight before  
boarding the flight4  7b7 ,exceptions   
,in revising the regulations as required
 by subsection 7a71 the ,secretary shall
 consider providing for exceptions to   
those regulations for--  7#a7 a medical 
emergency2 or  7#b7 a circumstance that 
poses a threat to the safety of the     
flight4