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MIDDLE Act of 2020
Sponsored By: Representative Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
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Summary
Maintaining Important Distance During Lengthy Epidemics Act of 2020 or the MIDDLE Act of 2020 This bill prohibits air carriers, during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency, from (1) permitting adjacent seats to another occupied seat to be filled on a passenger aircraft, (2) passing along the cost of any seat switch undertaken by such air carriers in order to comply with the prohibitions, and (3) permitting a passenger or crewmember to board a passenger aircraft if the passenger or crewmember is not wearing a mask. The Federal Aviation Administration must issue guidance for appropriate exceptions to the prohibitions based on federal public health guidance.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
RI • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3]
OH • D
Sponsored 7/23/2020
Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7]
IN • D
Sponsored 7/23/2020
Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]
WI • D
Sponsored 8/14/2020
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