Protection from Abusive Passengers Act
Latest action · Mar 30, 2023 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 29, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Protection from Abusive Passengers Act
This bill addresses the banning of abusive passengers from commercial aircraft flights. Abusive passenger is defined as any individual who engages in behavior that results in a civil penalty or conviction for assaulting, threatening, or intimidating a crew member or passenger on an aircraft flight, or for taking any action to interfere with security screening personnel or any security system related to civil aviation security.
The bill requires the Federal Aviation Administration or the Department of Justice to provide the identity (including the full name, date of birth, and gender) of all abusive passengers to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).
The TSA must maintain a list of abusive passengers and develop and make publicly available policies and procedures for handling individuals included on the list. Any individual on the list is prohibited from boarding any commercial aircraft flight until the individual is removed from such list.
Additionally, all abusive passengers are permanently ineligible to participate in the TSA PreCheck or the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Global Entry programs, with specified exceptions.
Cosponsors 50
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 29, 2023 to Sep 20, 2024; 11 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Original | Mar 29, 2023 |
| D-IL | Bradley Scott Schneider | Original | Mar 29, 2023 |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Original | Mar 29, 2023 |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Original | Mar 29, 2023 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Mar 29, 2023 |
| D-CA | Jimmy Gomez | Original | Mar 29, 2023 |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Original | Mar 29, 2023 |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Original | Mar 29, 2023 |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Original | Mar 29, 2023 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Mar 29, 2023 |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Original | Mar 29, 2023 |
| D-CO | Jason Crow | Mar 30, 2023 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Apr 6, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Apr 6, 2023 | |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Apr 17, 2023 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Apr 18, 2023 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Apr 27, 2023 | |
| D-TX | Colin Z. Allred | Apr 28, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Apr 28, 2023 | |
| R-NY | Marcus J. Molinaro | May 5, 2023 | |
| D-RI | Seth Magaziner | May 5, 2023 | |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | May 11, 2023 | |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | May 11, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | May 11, 2023 | |
| D-MI | Daniel T. Kildee | May 15, 2023 | |
| R-OR | Lori Chavez-DeRemer | May 16, 2023 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | May 17, 2023 | |
| D-AZ | Greg Stanton | May 22, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Jun 12, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Jun 20, 2023 | |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Jun 20, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Jun 21, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Jun 30, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Kevin Mullin | Jul 13, 2023 | |
| D-HI | Jill N. Tokuda | Aug 8, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Aug 15, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Aug 29, 2023 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Sep 1, 2023 | |
| D-IL | Nikki Budzinski | Dec 5, 2023 | |
| R-NY | Michael Lawler | Dec 7, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Dec 22, 2023 | |
| D-OR | Val T. Hoyle | Jan 30, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Katie Porter | Mar 1, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Robert Garcia | Mar 11, 2024 | |
| D-IL | Eric Sorensen | Apr 9, 2024 | |
| D-NJ | Donald Norcross | Apr 11, 2024 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | May 22, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | Aug 6, 2024 | |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Sep 20, 2024 | |
| D-NY | Patrick Ryan | Sep 20, 2024 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Homeland Security Committee | Referred Mar 29, 2023 |
| Transportation and Maritime Security Subcommittee | Referred Mar 29, 2023 | |
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Mar 29, 2023 |
| Aviation Subcommittee | Referred Mar 30, 2023 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 30, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
- Mar 29, 2023Introduced in House
- Mar 29, 2023Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Mar 29, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security.
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. 169, no. 57, March 29, 2023, page H1660.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R47608 | Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Issues for the 118th Congress Archived | Report | Jun 28, 2023 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1058 | Protection from Abusive Passengers Act | Identical bill | Mar 29, 2023 |
| HR 7433 | Protection from Abusive Passengers Act | Reintroduction of | Apr 7, 2022 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To protect airline crew members, security screening personnel, and passengers by banning abusive passengers from commercial aircraft flights, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Protection from Abusive Passengers Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
- Assault and harassment offenses
- Aviation and airports
- Civil actions and liability
- Congressional oversight
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Right of privacy
- Terrorism
- Transportation and Public Works
- Transportation employees
- Transportation safety and security
- Worker safety and health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 29, 2023Introduced 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.
