,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #idg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,april #bf1 #bjag   
,ms4 ,hassan 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,schatz1
 ,mr4 ,markey1 ,mr4 ,blumenthal1 ,ms4   
,cortez ,masto1 ,mr4 ,franken1 ,mr4 ,van
 ,hollen1 ,mr4 ,casey1 and ,mr4         
,menendez7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,commerce1         
,science1 and ,transportation  ,a ,,bill
  ,to protect passengers on flights in  
air transportation from being denied    
boarding involuntarily1 and for other   
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,transparency       
,improvements and ,compensation to ,keep
 ,every ,ticketholder ,safe ,act of     
#bjag or the ,,tickets ,act4  #b4       
,protection of passengers from being    
denied boarding involuntarily  7a7      
,right ,to fly of boarded passengers ,an
 air carrier may not1 on or after the   
date of the enactment of this ,act1 deny
 boarding a flight operated by the air  

carrier to a passenger without the      
consent of the passenger once the       
passenger is approved by the gate       
attendant to clear the boarding area and
 board the flight unless the passenger  
presents a safety1 security1 or health  
risk1 as determined by the ,secretary of
 ,transportation4  7b7 ,elimination of  
limitation on compensation for being    
denied boarding ,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 ,regulations1 to 
eliminate the dollar amount limitations 
under paragraphs 7#b7 and 7#c7 of       
subsections 7a7 and 7b7 of section      
#bej4e of such title on the amount of   
compensation that may be provided to a  
passenger who is denied boarding        
involuntarily4  7c7 ,limitation on      
number of seats that may be oversold ,in
 revising under subsection 7b7 the      
regulations under part #bej of title    

#ad1 ,code of ,federal ,regulations1 the
 ,secretary shall--  7#a7 determine     
whether a limitation on the number of   
seats that may be oversold for a flight 
is necessary2 and  7#b7 if the          
,secretary determines that such a       
limitation is necessary1 consider       
whether to impose such a limitation     
based on a percentage of the seats      
available on an aircraft4  7d7          
,regulations relating to accommodation  
of air carrier employees ,not later than
 #ahj days after the date of the        
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
shall prescribe regulations requiring an
 air carrier seeking accommodation on a 
flight for an employee of the air       
carrier or another air carrier to check 
that employee in for the flight not     
later than #fj minutes before the flight
 is scheduled to depart4  7e7 ,notice of
 policies of air carriers on oversold   
flights ,not later than #ahj days after 
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
the ,secretary shall prescribe          

regulations requiring--  7#a7 an air    
carrier1 or other entity selling tickets
 for flights in passenger air           
transportation1 to specify1 on a        
passenger's flight itinerary and        
receipt1 the policies of the air carrier
 operating the flight with respect to   
oversold flights and with respect to    
requiring passengers to give up seats to
 employees of the air carrier2 and  7#b7
 an air carrier to post those policies  
publicly at each gate of the air carrier
 at an airport4  7f7 ,air carrier       
defined ,in this section1 the term air  
carrier means an air carrier or foreign 
air carrier1 as those terms are defined 
in section #djajb of title #di1 ,united 
,states ,code4