SecBot SecBot

Protection from Abusive Passengers Act

H.R. 2394 Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA-14) In committee
Bill text PDF
  1. Introduced Mar 29
  2. Committee Mar 29
  3. Passed House Next
  4. Passed Senate Not yet
  5. To President Not yet
  6. Law Not yet
Where it stands
In committee, Mar 29, 2023Next: House vote
1308d ago Mar 30, 2023: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Final votes
No roll callsNo recorded vote on this bill yet
Lobbying
1company, 1 filing
Subscribe to see spend
Member trades
2trades in the last 90 days
Subscribe to see who
Who backs the bill and who pushes back Subscribe

Companies lobbying on this bill

1 company
Companies by sector
Industrials 1
Search all 1 companies, their asks and price moves Subscribe

Summary

Protection from Abusive Passengers Act

Full summary4 paragraphs

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 for taking any action to interfere with security screening personnel or any security system related to civil aviation security.

The bill requires the Federal Aviation Administration or the Department of Justice to provide the identity (including the full name, 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 is prohibited from boarding any commercial aircraft flight until the individual is removed from such list.

Additionally, all abusive passengers are permanently ineligible to participate in the TSA PreCheck or the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Global Entry programs, with specified exceptions.

Library of Congress summary, Mar 29, 2023

Summary versions
  • Introduced in HouseMar 29, 2023

Official record from Congress.gov, the House Clerk and the Senate; lobbying from Lobbying Disclosure Act filings. Updated Oct 27, 2026.