To direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations to require air carriers to disclose to consumers the actual wheels-off and wheels-on times for certain domestic passenger flight segments, and for other purposes.

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3481 To direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations to require air carriers to disclose to consumers the actual wheels-off and wheels- on times for certain domestic passenger flight segments, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 25, 2019 Mr. PAYNE (for himself and Mr. SIRES) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations to require air carriers to disclose to consumers the actual wheels-off and wheels-on times for certain domestic pas- senger flight segments, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. CONSUMER INFORMATION ON ACTUAL FLIGHT 3 TIMES. 4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation 5 shall modify regulations contained in section 234.11 of 6 title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, to ensure that— 7 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:29 Jul 02, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3481.IH H3481 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 3481 IH (1) a reporting carrier (including its contrac- 1 tors), during the course of a reservation or ticketing 2 discussion or other inquiry, discloses to a consumer 3 upon reasonable request the projected period be- 4 tween the actual wheels-off and wheels-on times for 5 a reportable flight; and 6 (2) a reporting carrier displays, on the public 7 internet website of the carrier, information on the 8 actual wheels-off and wheels-on times during the 9 most recent calendar month for a reportable flight. 10 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘re- 11 porting carrier’’ and ‘‘reportable flight’’ have the mean- 12 ings given those terms in section 234.2 of title 49, Code 13 of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enact- 14 ment of this Act). 15 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:29 Jul 02, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3481.IH H3481 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS