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title: "49 U.S.C. § 41726"
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title_number: 49
title_name: "TRANSPORTATION"
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citation: "49 U.S.C. § 41726"
status: "current"
release_point: "119-100"
release_date: "2026-06-26"
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# 49 U.S.C. § 41726 - Strollers

## Text

(a) In General.— Except as provided in subsection (b), a covered air carrier shall not deny a passenger the ability to check a stroller at the departure gate if the stroller is being used by a passenger to transport a child traveling on the same flight as the passenger.

(b) Exception.— Subsection (a) shall not apply in instances where the size or weight of the stroller poses a safety or security risk.

(c) Covered Air Carrier Defined.— In this section, the term “covered air carrier” means an air carrier or a foreign air carrier as those terms are defined in section 40102 of title 49, United States Code.

(Added Pub. L. 115–254, div. B, title IV, § 412(a), Oct. 5, 2018, 132 Stat. 3331.)