Flight Refund Fairness Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5556 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5556

   To amend title 49, United States Code, to require air carriers to 
transfer funds to a ticket agent for cancelled or significantly delayed 
or changed flights within the time required for air carriers and ticket 
    agents to provide refunds to passengers, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 23, 2025

    Ms. Salazar (for herself, Mr. Alford, Ms. Titus, Mr. Webster of 
Florida, Mr. Panetta, and Ms. Van Duyne) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 49, United States Code, to require air carriers to 
transfer funds to a ticket agent for cancelled or significantly delayed 
or changed flights within the time required for air carriers and ticket 
    agents to provide refunds to passengers, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Flight Refund Fairness Act''.

SEC. 2. REFUNDS FOR CANCELLED OR SIGNIFICANTLY DELAYED OR CHANGED 
              FLIGHTS.

    Section 42305(e) of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding subparagraph 
        (A), by striking ``promptly'' and inserting ``, not later than 
        the date described in subsection (b),''; and
            (2) in paragraph (3)--
                    (A) by striking ``A refund'' and inserting the 
                following:
                    ``(A) Timing.--In providing refunds under this 
                subsection, a ticket agent shall provide such a refund 
                to an individual not later than 7 days after the ticket 
                agent receives the funds transferred by the air carrier 
                or foreign air carrier.
                    ``(B) Alternatives.--A refund''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), as designated by paragraph 
                (2), by striking ``subsections (b) and'' and inserting 
                ``subsection''.
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