Air Service Improvement Act of 2008
Latest action · Jun 25, 2008 Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 24, 2008
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Air Service Improvement Act of 2008 - Requires the Secretary of Transportation to collect, and publish on the Department of Transportation (DOT) website, data regarding cancelled and diverted flights of air carriers.
Requires certain air carriers and hub airport operators to submit for the Secretary's approval emergency contingency plans for flight delays.
Requires the Secretary to establish a consumer complaints hotline telephone number.
Prohibits flight ticket sales on aircraft on which a insecticide has been applied within the last 60 days or on which an insecticide is planned to be used in the aircraft while passengers are on board, unless passengers are informed before buying a ticket.
Requires the Inspector General of DOT to review air carrier flight delays, cancellations, and associated causes to update its 2000 report on such matters.
Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on European Union rules for passenger rights.
Establishes an advisory committee for aviation consumer protection.
Sets forth requirements regarding: (1) denied boarding compensation; and (2) expansion of DOT airline consumer complaint investigations.
Prescribes requirements for mediation of disputes between the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and its employees in attempting to reach an agreement concerning the implementation of proposed changes to the FAA personnel management system.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 24, 2008 to Sep 9, 2008; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IL | Jerry F. Costello | Original | Jun 24, 2008 |
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | Jun 25, 2008 | |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Jun 25, 2008 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Jun 25, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Jul 8, 2008 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Sep 9, 2008 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Jun 24, 2008 |
| Aviation Subcommittee | Referred Jun 25, 2008 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 25, 2008Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
- Jun 24, 2008Introduced in House
- Jun 24, 2008Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Declaratory Statements H6010 | — | Jun 24, 2008 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide for improvements in the quality of airline services, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Air Service Improvement Act of 2008
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
- Agriculture and Food
- Airline passenger traffic
- Airlines
- Airports
- Animals
- Commerce
- Compensation (Law)
- Congress
- Congressional investigations
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Consumer complaints
- Consumer education
- Consumer protection
- Department of Transportation
- Electronic government information
- Employee-management relations in government
- Environmental Protection
- Europe
- European Union
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal employees
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government publicity
- Governmental investigations
- Insect control
- Inspectors general
- Law
- Mediation
- Personnel management
- Pesticides
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Telephone
- Transportation and Public Works
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 24, 2008Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
