,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fhbj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #ag1       
#bjbe,mrs4 ,sykes 7for herself1 ,mr4    
,larsen of ,washington1 ,mr4 ,stanton1  
,mr4 ,carson1 and ,ms4 ,johnson of      
,texas7 introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,transportation and ,infrastructure  ,a 
,,bill  ,to require the ,secretary of   
,transportation to issue certain        
regulations relating to airline         
passenger flight compensation1 and for  
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,airline       
,passenger ,compensation ,act of #bjbe4 
#b4 ,regulations relating to airline    
passenger disrupted flight compensation 
7a7 ,in general ,not later than #a year 
after the date of enactment of this     
,act1 the ,secretary of ,transportation 
shall issue regulations to require an   
air carrier to provide to a passenger on
 a domestic or international flight who 
experiences a significant delay or      

cancellation due to circumstances that  
are within the control of the air       
carrier in which such passenger will    
arrive at a destination airport--  7#a7 
more than #c hours but less than #i     
hours after the original scheduled      
arrival time1 compensation of not more  
than #cjj1 and if any connecting flight 
is missed due to such delay or          
cancellation a booking on the next      
available flight at no additional cost2 
and  7#b7 #i or more hours after the    
original scheduled arrival time1        
compensation of not more than #gge1 and 
if any connecting flight is missed due  
to such delay or cancellation a booking 
on the next available flight at no      
additional cost4  7b7 ,clarification    
,the requirements of this section shall 
be considered separate and distinct from
 the refund requirements described in   
section #dbcje of title #di1 ,united    
,states ,code4