H.R. 7433: Protection from Abusive Passengers Act

117th Congress · introduced 2022-04-06 · Transportation and Public Works · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

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Where it came from: introduced 2022-04-06 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-15] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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Official title

Protection from Abusive Passengers Act

Plain summary

Protection from Abusive Passengers Act This bill addresses the banning of abusive passengers from commercial aircraft flights. Abusive passenger is defined as any individual who engages in behavior that results in a civil penalty or conviction for assaulting, threatening, or intimidating a crew member or passenger on an aircraft flight, or who takes any action to interfere with security screening personnel or any security system related to civil aviation security. It requires the Federal Aviation Administration or the Attorney General to provide the identity, including the full name and date of birth, and gender of all abusive passengers to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). The TSA must maintain a list of abusive passengers and develop and make publicly available policies and procedures for handling individuals included on the list. Any individual on the list shall be prohibited from boarding any commercial aircraft flight until the individual is removed from such list. Additionally, all abusive passengers shall be permanently ineligible to participate in the TSA PreCheck or the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Global Entry programs, with specified exceptions.

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Protection from Abusive Passengers Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-15] · 21 cosponsors

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Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Don Bacon (R-NE), John Garamendi (D-CA), Peter Welch (D-VT), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Darren Soto (D-FL), Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL), Jason Crow (D-CO), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Mike Quigley (D-IL)

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117hr7433.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/hr>

Record fed-us-cong117-hr7433 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117