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legal/us/code/title-49/chapter-423/section-42304.md

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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "49 U.S.C. § 42304"
+description: "Widespread disruptions"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 49
+title_name: "TRANSPORTATION"
+chapter_number: "423"
+chapter_name: "PASSENGER AIR SERVICE IMPROVEMENTS"
+section: "42304"
+citation: "49 U.S.C. § 42304"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
+source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc49@119-100.zip"
+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t49/s42304"
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+confidence: "official"
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+---
+
+# 49 U.S.C. § 42304 - Widespread disruptions
+
+## Text
+
+(a) General Requirements.— In the event of a widespread disruption, a covered air carrier shall immediately publish, via a prominent link on the air carrier’s public internet website, a clear statement indicating whether, with respect to a passenger of the air carrier whose travel is interrupted as a result of the widespread disruption, the air carrier will—
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+(1) provide for hotel accommodations;
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+(2) arrange for ground transportation;
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+(3) provide meal vouchers;
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+(4) arrange for air transportation on another air carrier or foreign air carrier to the passenger’s destination; and
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+(5) provide for sleeping facilities inside the airport terminal.
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+(b) Definitions.— In this section, the following definitions apply:
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+(1) Widespread disruption.— The term “widespread disruption” means, with respect to a covered air carrier, the interruption of all or the overwhelming majority of the air carrier’s systemwide flight operations, including flight delays and cancellations, as the result of the failure of 1 or more computer systems or computer networks of the air carrier.
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+(2) Covered air carrier.— The term “covered air carrier” means an air carrier that provides scheduled passenger air transportation by operating an aircraft that as originally designed has a passenger capacity of 30 or more seats.
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+(c) Savings Provision.— Nothing in this section may be construed to modify, abridge, or repeal any obligation of an air carrier under section 42301.
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+(Added Pub. L. 115–254, div. B, title IV, § 428(a), Oct. 5, 2018, 132 Stat. 3341.)