Air Carrier Access Amendments Act of 2019
Latest action · Mar 7, 2019 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.
- IntroducedMar 6, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Air Carrier Access Amendments Act of 2019
This bill expands provisions prohibiting discrimination against disabled individuals by an air carrier. Specifically, it enumerates certain actions that an air carrier must take or may not take with respect to a disabled individual. It also requires the Department of Transportation (DOT) to ensure that disabled individuals traveling in air transportation are able to file complaints with DOT in response to disability-related discrimination and receive assistance from DOT through a hotline or comparable electronic means.
The bill authorizes an aggrieved individual and the Department of Justice to bring a civil action for discrimination.
The Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board shall prescribe regulations setting forth minimum standards for aircraft with new or existing type certificates to ensure the accessibility of individuals with disabilities, including those who use wheelchairs. The standards shall address, among other things, boarding and deplaning equipment, seating accommodations, lavatories, visually accessible announcements, and proper stowage of assistive devices in the cargo hold to prevent damage.
Cosponsors 39
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 6, 2019 to Sep 4, 2020; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Original | Mar 6, 2019 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Mar 6, 2019 |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Mar 8, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Mar 8, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Mar 8, 2019 | |
| D-PA | Conor Lamb | Mar 13, 2019 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Mar 13, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Mar 25, 2019 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Mar 25, 2019 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Mar 25, 2019 | |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Apr 1, 2019 | |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Apr 9, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Tom Malinowski | Apr 18, 2019 | |
| R-OK | Tom Cole | May 17, 2019 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Jun 26, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Jun 27, 2019 | |
| D-MI | Andy Levin | Jul 2, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Aug 2, 2019 | |
| D-VA | Elaine G. Luria | Aug 16, 2019 | |
| D-MN | Dean Phillips | Sep 26, 2019 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Oct 17, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Joseph D. Morelle | Oct 18, 2019 | |
| D-MI | Daniel T. Kildee | Oct 21, 2019 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Oct 21, 2019 | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Oct 28, 2019 | |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Oct 28, 2019 | |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Nov 1, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | Nov 13, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Jan 16, 2020 | |
| D-MI | Elissa Slotkin | Jan 24, 2020 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Feb 5, 2020 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Feb 25, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Mar 4, 2020 | |
| R-CA | Paul Cook | Mar 5, 2020 | |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Mar 13, 2020 | |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Apr 21, 2020 | |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | May 8, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | May 15, 2020 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Sep 4, 2020 |
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 Mar 6, 2019 |
| Aviation Subcommittee | Referred Mar 7, 2019 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 7, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
- Mar 6, 2019Introduced in House
- Mar 6, 2019Referred 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 | Lists H2504H.R. 1549–1578 | — | Mar 6, 2019 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 40, March 6, 2019, page H2504.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 116-56 | THE AIRLINE PASSENGER EXPERIENCE: WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT CAN BE95 pages | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Mar 3, 2020 |
| Serial No. 116-35 | A WORK IN PROGRESS: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FAA REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2018159 pages | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Sep 26, 2019 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 669 | Air Carrier Access Amendments Act of 2019 | Identical bill | Mar 6, 2019 |
| HR 1696 | Air Carrier Access Amendments Act of 2021 | Reintroduced Bill | Mar 10, 2021 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To protect the rights of passengers with disabilities in air transportation, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Air Carrier Access Amendments Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
- Access Board
- Administrative remedies
- Aviation and airports
- Civil actions and liability
- Consumer affairs
- Department of Transportation
- Disability and health-based discrimination
- Disability and paralysis
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Transportation and Public Works
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 6, 2019Introduced 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.
