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HR 3477 Cleared committee

Requires certain airlines to develop and regularly update a plan for preventing or limiting flight disruptions caused by severe weather, staffing gaps, technology failures, and cybersecurity risks.

Official title: Ensuring Airline Resiliency to Reduce Delays and Cancellations Act

Next stop House floor: awaiting a vote
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House
Introduced 17-MAY-2025
Referred 17-MAY-2025
Approved by committee 11-JUN-2025
Key points
  • Directs the Transportation Secretary to require covered carriers, within one year of enactment, to develop and regularly update an operational resiliency strategy.
  • Requires each strategy to describe how severe weather and other foreseeable disruptions could affect operations, staffing models, and information systems, including crew scheduling systems.
  • Requires each strategy to address known cybersecurity risks and information technology vulnerabilities, and requires the Secretary to protect trade secrets and proprietary information submitted under the plan.
  • Directs the Comptroller General to audit the effectiveness of the strategies three years after enactment and report findings to the House and Senate transportation committees.
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Committee referrals (2) Policy area

Transportation and Public Works

Sponsor Rick Larsen (D-WA) Cosponsors · 2
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