FLIGHT Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5087 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5087 To amend title 49, United States Code, to require passenger notification related to delayed flights, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 2, 2025 Ms. Lee of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title 49, United States Code, to require passenger notification related to delayed flights, 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 ``Frequent Logistics Information for Grounded and Held Travelers Act'' or the ``FLIGHT Act''. SEC. 2. PASSENGER NOTIFICATION OF DELAYED FLIGHTS. (a) In General.--Chapter 423 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 42308 the following: ``Sec. 42309. Passenger notification of delayed flights ``(a) In General.--In the case of a domestic or international flight operated by a covered air carrier (as such term is defined in section 42307) that is experiencing a delayed departure or taxi delay of 15 or more minutes, the covered air carrier shall notify each passenger on the flight of the delay in accordance with the requirements of in subsection (b). ``(b) Requirements.--With respect to a notification under subsection (a), the requirements described in this subsection are the following: ``(1) The notification shall occur not less frequently than once every 15 minutes until the delayed departure or taxi delay concludes. ``(2) The notification shall be provided to each passenger by email or text message. ``(3) The notification shall include-- ``(A) information