# 119-hr-3477: Ensuring Airline Resiliency to Reduce Delays and Cancellations Act

119-hr-3477, Ensuring Airline Resiliency to Reduce Delays and Cancellations Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2] (D-WA); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-3477
- Congress: 119
- Title: Ensuring Airline Resiliency to Reduce Delays and Cancellations Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-05-17
- Sponsor: Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2] (D-WA)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Requires airlines to prepare an operational resiliency strategy** that explains how they will limit passenger harm from future flight disruptions, like severe weather, IT failures, or staffing breakdowns. The bill would direct the Secretary of Transportation to make covered carriers develop and regularly update those plans within 1 year after enactment. - Passengers and families: Airlines would have to spell out how they plan to prevent or limit delays and cancellations and how they will reschedule passengers and crews after disruptions. This aims to improve on-the-ground responses during weather and other events. - Airlines (covered carriers): Carriers must assess staffing models, crew scheduling systems, information technology and cybersecurity, and describe preparedness and recovery steps in their plans. Plans must be updated regularly. - Federal oversight and accountability: The Comptroller General would start an audit of these strategies not later than 3 years after enactment and must submit a report, including carrier responses, within 1 year after the audit is completed.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN), 2025-05-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] (D-IN), 2025-05-20T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- New rules for airline disruption plans: benefit, high. This bill would require covered airlines to create and regularly update a resiliency plan within 1 year after enactment. Plans would explain how they would limit passenger harm from severe weather and other disruptions, manage staffing and rescheduling, and keep IT and crew scheduling working, incl…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-4275: Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025
- 119-hr-8870: BUILD America 250 Act
- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-9497: Water Resources Development Act of 2026
- 119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-3477 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3477)

## Related
- [119-hr-4275: Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4275)
- [119-hr-8870: BUILD America 250 Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8870)
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-9497: Water Resources Development Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9497)
- [119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3477 (as of 2026-04-21).