Protection from Abusive Passengers Act

The Protection from Abusive Passengers Act creates a federal list of individuals who have committed specific abusive acts on flights, such as assaulting crew members, interfering with security systems, or threatening airline staff, barring them from boarding commercial flights until removed from the list. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) must maintain this list, establish clear procedures for adding and removing names (including appeals for wrongly listed individuals), and provide written notifications within five days of a referral. The bill requires annual reports to Congress detailing the list's composition, including the number of people included, their offenses, and removal status, while permanently barring listed individuals from trusted traveler programs like PreCheck. Privacy protections prevent public disclosure of personal information on the list, and the law explicitly limits its use to flight boarding restrictions and trusted traveler ineligibility.