,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cdgg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #ag1 #bjbe,mr4  
,larsen of ,washington 7for himself and 
,mr4 ,cohen7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,transportation and       
,infrastructure  ,a ,,bill  ,to direct  
the ,secretary of ,transportation to    
require certain air carriers to develop 
and regularly update an operational     
resiliency strategy1 and for other      
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,ensuring ,airline  
,resiliency to ,reduce ,delays and      
,cancellations ,act4  #b4 ,airline      
operational resiliency plans  7a7 ,in   
general ,not later than #a year after   
the date of enactment of this ,act1 the 
,secretary of ,transportation shall     
require a covered carrier to develop and
 regularly update an operational        
resiliency strategy to prevent or limit 
the impact of future flight disruptions 
on passengers4  7b7 ,operational        

resiliency strategy ,in each operational
 resiliency strategy developed under    
subsection 7a71 a covered carrier shall 
include a description of-- 7#a7 the     
potential impact of severe weather and  
other reasonably anticipated disruptive 
events on the operations of the carrier 
and how the carrier seeks to prevent or 
limit the impact of such events on      
passengers2  7#b7 the potential impact  
of severe weather events and other      
reasonably anticipated disruptive events
 on-- 7,a7 staffing models1 including   
the ability of such models to ensure the
 workforce is able to adequately respond
 to such events and reschedule          
passengers1 flight crews1 operations    
staff1 and other appropriate personnel2 
and  7,b7 the current information and   
technology systems of the carrier1      
including crew scheduling systems1 and  
the preparedness of such systems to     
continue operations after such an event 
or disruption2  7#c7 the preparedness of
 the carrier to maintain operations and 

limit or prevent the impact of other    
potential disruptive events identified  
by the carrier2  7#d7 the extent to     
which the carrier addresses known       
cybersecurity risks and information     
technology deficiencies and             
vulnerabilities to prevent potential    
flight disruptions2 and  7#e7 any other 
issues the ,secretary determines        
appropriate to protect consumers and    
maintain the operational stability of   
the airline industry4  7c7 ,proprietary 
information ,the ,secretary shall       
develop a method to protect the         
confidentiality of any trade secret or  
proprietary information submitted in an 
operational resiliency strategy under   
subsection 7b74  7d7 ,evaluation  7#a7  
,audit ,not later than #c years after   
the date of enactment of this ,act1 the 
,comptroller ,general of the ,united    
,states shall initiate an audit to      
evaluate the effectiveness of the       
operational resiliency strategies       
developed under this section by covered 

air carriers4  7#b7 ,stakeholder        
feedback ,upon completion of the audit  
under paragraph 7#a71 the ,comptroller  
,general shall solicit responses from   
the covered carriers regarding the      
findings of the audit and include any   
such responses in the report in         
paragraph 7#c74  7#c7 ,report ,not later
 than #a year after completion of the   
audit conducted under paragraph 7#a71   
the ,comptroller ,general shall submit  
to the ,committee on ,transportation and
 ,infrastructure of the ,house of       
,representatives and the ,committee on  
,commerce1 ,science1 and ,transportation
 of the ,senate a report on the findings
 of the audit4  7e7 ,rule of            
construction ,nothing in this section   
shall be construed to-- 7#a7 grant      
additional authority to the ,secretary  
beyond the authority to require a       
covered air carrier to develop or update
 an operational resiliency strategy in  
accordance with this ,act2 or  7#b7     
prevent the ,secretary from assessing an

 operational resiliency strategy and    
providing guidance and technical        
assistance to a covered carrier in      
developing and updating such a strategy 
required under this ,act4  7f7 ,covered 
carrier ,in this section1 the term      
covered carrier has the meaning given   
such term in section #bei4c of title    
#ad1 ,code of ,federal ,regulations 7or 
successor regulations74