HR9135-118

Reported

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to require certain air carriers to develop and regularly update an operational resiliency strategy, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Jul 25, 2024

Legislative Progress

Reported
Introduced Committee Passed
Dec 18, 2024

Additional sponsors: Mr. Stanton, Mr. Garamendi, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. Brownley, …

Dec 18, 2024

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the …

Jul 25, 2024

Mr. Larsen of Washington (for himself and Mr. Cohen) introduced …

Summary

What This Bill Does

Requires major airlines to develop and regularly update operational resiliency strategies to prevent flight disruptions from weather, staffing issues, and IT failures.

Who Benefits and How

Air travelers gain protection from mass flight cancellations. Airlines develop better disruption planning. Consumer confidence in air travel improves.

Who Bears the Burden and How

Airlines must develop and update resiliency plans. DOT must oversee plan development. Airlines may face costs for IT and staffing improvements.

Key Provisions

  • Requires airlines to develop operational resiliency strategies
  • Covers weather, staffing models, and IT systems including cybersecurity
  • Protects confidentiality of sensitive operational information
Model: claude-opus-4
Generated: Jan 10, 2026 18:49

Evidence Chain:

This summary is derived from the structured analysis below. See "Detailed Analysis" for per-title beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

Primary Purpose

Requires airlines to develop operational resiliency plans to prevent flight disruptions

Policy Domains

Aviation Transportation Consumer Protection

Legislative Strategy

"Require airlines to plan for operational disruptions"

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Aviation Consumer Protection
Actor Mappings
"secretary"
→ Secretary of Transportation

We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.

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