,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fife  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #bb1 #bjbj,mr4  
,cohen 7for himself1 ,ms4 ,underwood1   
,mr4 ,carson of ,indiana1 ,mr4 ,rush1   
,mr4 ,garca of ,illinois1 ,ms4 ,norton1 
,mr4 ,engel1 ,mr4 ,cisneros1 ,mr4       
,johnson of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,correa1 ,mr4
 ,raskin1 ,ms4 ,schakowsky1 ,mr4        
,courtney1 ,mr4 ,neguse1 ,ms4 ,kaptur1  
,mr4 ,thompson of ,california1 ,mr4     
,tonko1 ,mr4 ,welch1 ,ms4 ,tlaib1 ,mr4  
,lynch1 ,mr4 ,ryan1 and ,mr4 ,danny ,k4 
,davis of ,illinois7 introduced the     
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,transportation and   
,infrastructure1 and in addition to the 
,committee on ,financial ,services1 for 
a period to be subsequently determined  
by the ,speaker1 in each case for       
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
provide for cash refunds for canceled   
airline flights and tickets during the  

,,covid-#ai emergency4  #a4 ,short title
 ,this ,act may be cited as the ,cash   
,refunds for ,coronavirus ,cancellations
 ,act of #bjbj4  #b4 ,cash refunds for  
canceled airline flights and tickets    
during the ,,covid-#ai emergency  7a7   
,cash refunds  7#a7 ,in general ,a      
covered carrier or ticket agent who     
sells a ticket for a passenger to take a
 covered flight1 and either such flight 
is canceled by the covered carrier or   
such ticket is canceled by the          
passenger1 shall promptly offer the     
passenger a full cash refund for such   
ticket1 including any ancillary fees    
paid4  7#b7 ,alternative form of        
compensation  7,a7 ,in general ,a       
covered carrier or ticket agent may also
 offer an alternative form of           
compensation determined appropriate by  
the covered carrier or ticket agent1    
including credit1 voucher1 or other     
mechanism to compensate a passenger1    
provided that any such offer includes   
clear and conspicuous notice of a       

passenger's right to a cash refund under
 paragraph 7#a74  7,b7 ,no expiration   
date ,an alternative form of            
compensation provided pursuant to       
subparagraph 7,a7 shall remain valid and
 redeemable by the passenger            
indefinitely4  7#c7 ,retroactive refunds
 ,in the case of a passenger who-- 7,a7 
received an alternative form of         
compensation prior to the date of       
enactment of this ,act for a covered    
flight or ticket for a covered flight   
canceled by the covered carrier or by   
the passenger2 and  7,b7 has not used   
such alternative compensation2  such    
passenger may request a cash refund to  
replace the alternative compensation and
 the covered carrier or ticket agent    
shall promptly comply with such request4
  7#d7 ,reimbursement to ticket agent ,a
 ticket agent who provides a cash refund
 to a passenger under this section1     
including a retroactive refund under    
paragraph 7#c71 shall be entitled to    
prompt reimbursement from any covered   

carrier for the portion of the ticket   
price paid to that carrier4  7b7        
,funding  7#a7 ,in general ,subject to  
paragraph 7#b71 a covered carrier or    
ticket agent may use amounts            
appropriated or otherwise made available
 to the commercial airline industry in  
any appropriations enacted on or after  
,march #a1 #bjbj1 in response to        
,,covid-#ai to pay for the cash refunds 
under subsection 7a71 including         
retroactive refunds under paragraph 7#c7
 of such subsection4  7#b7 ,limitation  
,a covered carrier may not use amounts  
appropriated under section #daab of the 
,coronavirus ,economic ,stabilization   
,act of #bjbj 7title ,,iv of division ,a
 of the ,coronavirus ,aid1 ,relief1 and 
,economic ,security ,act 7,public ,law  
#aaf-acf77 to pay for the cash refunds  
under subsection 7a71 including         
retroactive refunds under paragraph 7#c7
 of such subsection4  7c7 ,definitions  
,in this section3 7#a7 ,air carrier ,the
 term air carrier has the meaning given 

that term in section #djajb of title    
#di1 ,united ,states ,code4  7#b7       
,covered carrier ,the term covered      
carrier means-- 7,a7 any passenger air  
carrier that had an operating revenue in
 #bjah that exceeded #a1ejj1jjj1jjj     
according to the ,bureau of             
,transportation ,statistics2 or  7,b7   
any passenger foreign air carrier       
operating a flight to or from the       
,united ,states4  7#c7 ,covered flight  
,the term covered flight means a flight 
of a covered carrier that is scheduled  
to depart from1 or arrive at1 an airport
 located in the ,united ,states during  
the ,,covid-#ai emergency period4  7#d7 
,,covid-#ai emergency period ,the term  
,,covid-#ai emergency period means the  
period-- 7,a7 beginning on ,march #a1   
#bjbj2 and  7,b7 ending on the date that
 is #ahj days after the later of the    
expiration of-- 7i7 the public health   
emergency declared by the ,secretary of 
,health and ,human ,services under      
section #cai of the ,public ,health     

,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bdg;d7    
with respect to ,,covid-#ai2 or  7ii7   
the national emergency declared by the  
,president under the ,national          
,emergencies ,act 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #afja  
et seq47 with respect to the            
,coronavirus ,disease #bjai             
7,,covid-#ai74  7#e7 ,foreign air       
carrier ,the term foreign air carrier   
has the meaning given that term in      
section #djajb of title #di1 ,united    
,states ,code4  7#f7 ,ticket agent ,the 
term ticket agent has the meaning given 
that term in section #djajb of title    
#di1 ,united ,states ,code4  7#g7       
,united ,states ,the term ,united       
,states has the meaning given that term 
in section #djajb of title #di1 ,united 
,states ,code4