Ticket agents join the airline safety group.
S. 5251 — ACPAC Modernization Act · Filed by Jacky Rosen (D-NV) · Introduced Aug 5, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill adds ticket agents to a group that gives advice. The group is called the Aviation Consumer Protection Advisory Committee. Ticket agents sell airline tickets. The group helps protect people who buy tickets.
Who it affects
People who buy airline tickets may be affected. Ticket agents and travel companies will join the group.
One thing to notice
The bill does not say if ticket agents will speak for ticket buyers or for themselves.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
- Aug 5, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Aug 5, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- Aviation Consumer Protection Advisory Committee — A group that gives advice on how to help people who fly.
- ticket agents — People and companies that sell airline tickets.
- advisory committee — A group that gives advice but does not make final rules.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (467 characters) on Aug 12, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-23.
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