H.R. 5556

Summary

H.R. 5556, the Flight Refund Fairness Act, was introduced in the House on Sep 23, 2025 by Rep. Maria Salazar (R) with 11 co-sponsors. It was referred to Subcommittee on Aviation, and last saw action on Sep 24, 2025: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

Record

Text

H.R. 5556 has 11 co-sponsors.

119 HR 5556 IH: Flight Refund Fairness Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-09-23
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 5556  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   September 23, 2025   Ms. Salazar  (for herself,  Mr. Alford ,  Ms. Titus ,  Mr. Webster of Florida ,  Mr. Panetta , and  Ms. Van Duyne ) 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 air carriers to transfer funds to a ticket agent for cancelled or significantly delayed or changed flights within the time required for air carriers and ticket agents to provide refunds to passengers, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Flight Refund Fairness Act  .
2.
Refunds for cancelled or significantly delayed or changed flights
Section 42305(e) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—
(1)
in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking  promptly  and inserting  , not later than the date described in subsection (b), ; and
(2)
in paragraph (3)—
(A)
by striking  A refund  and inserting the following:
(A)
Timing
In providing refunds under this subsection, a ticket agent shall provide such a refund to an individual not later than 7 days after the ticket agent receives the funds transferred by the air carrier or foreign air carrier.
(B)
Alternatives
A refund
 ; and
(B)
in subparagraph (B), as designated by paragraph (2), by striking  subsections (b) and  and inserting  subsection .

Tracker

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To amend title 49, United States Code, to require air carriers to transfer funds to a ticket agent for cancelled or significantly delayed or changed flights within the time required for air carriers and ticket agents to provide refunds to passengers, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Rep. Maria Salazar (R) sponsors H.R. 5556, and 11 members have co-sponsored it, 5 of them from the day it was introduced.

Maria Salazar

Rep. · R–FL-27 · Sponsor

Introduced Sep 23, 2025

Mark Alford

Rep. · R–MO-4 · Co-sponsor

Joined Sep 23, 2025 · Original

Jimmy Panetta

Rep. · D–CA-19 · Co-sponsor

Joined Sep 23, 2025 · Original

Dina Titus

Rep. · D–NV-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined Sep 23, 2025 · Original

Elizabeth Van Duyne

Rep. · R–TX-24 · Co-sponsor

Joined Sep 23, 2025 · Original

Daniel Webster

Rep. · R–FL-11 · Co-sponsor

Joined Sep 23, 2025 · Original

Emanuel Cleaver

Rep. · D–MO-5 · Co-sponsor

Joined Oct 8, 2025

Eugene Vindman

Rep. · D–VA-7 · Co-sponsor

Joined Oct 17, 2025

Derek Tran

Rep. · D–CA-45 · Co-sponsor

Joined Dec 18, 2025

Derrick Van Orden

Rep. · R–WI-3 · Co-sponsor

Joined Mar 3, 2026

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Committees

H.R. 5556 went before 2 committees: Aviation Subcommittee and Transportation and Infrastructure.

Aviation Subcommittee

Aviation Subcommittee

Referred to · Sep 24, 2025 · 73 Bills

Transportation and Infrastructure

Transportation and Infrastructure

Referred To · Sep 23, 2025 · 156 Bills

Actions

H.R. 5556 has taken 3 actions since Sep 23, 2025, the latest on Sep 24, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 5556 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 5556 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Flight Refund Fairness Act — Display Title
• Flight Refund Fairness Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To amend title 49, United States Code, to require air carriers to transfer funds to a ticket agent for cancelled or significantly delayed or changed flights within the time required for air carriers and ticket agents to provide refunds to passengers, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

3 clients hired 3 firms and 24 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 5556 in 9 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Aviation/Airlines/Airports, Travel/Tourism, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Banking, Consumer Issues/Safety/Products, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Homeland Security, Small Business.

Clients

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Firms

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Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 24.

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 5556 under Transportation and Public Works, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 5556’s is Transportation and Public Works.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 5556, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 156 (Tuesday, September 23, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. SALAZAR:H.R. 5556.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 18[Page H4494]

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