HR 5663 United States House · 119th Congress

ACPAC Modernization Act

HR 5663, the ACPAC Modernization Act, amends the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 to add "ticket agents" as a required member category on the Aviation Consumer Protection Advisory Committee (ACPAC). This change directly affects ACPAC's composition by mandating that ticket agents be included among its members. The bill makes a technical, procedural update to the existing law without altering the committee's functions or creating new consumer protections. It focuses solely on specifying who must serve on the committee, not on changing airline consumer policies.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Sep 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2026

House Passage

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

President

Introduced Sep 30, 2025 Last action Mar 25, 2026

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What changed between versions

Introduced in House → Engrossed in House · 3 edits · Mar 24, 2026

MINOR

The Engrossed version of HR 5663 reorganizes how 'ticket agents' are referenced within the Aviation Consumer Protection Advisory Committee provisions. The bill now explicitly strikes 'ticket agents' from subsection (i) while adding them as a new paragraph (5) under subsection (b), effectively moving the reference to a different location in the statute. This is primarily a technical and structural cleanup rather than a substantive policy change.

TECHNICAL

The statutory citation was corrected from '49 U.S.C. 42301 note' to '49 U.S.C. 42301 prec. note' and the amendment target changed from 'Section 411(b)' to 'Section 411' with internal subsection references restructured.

A new amendment (subsection (2)) was added that strikes 'ticket agents' from subsection (i) of Section 411, removing the term from that location in the statute.

The amendment structure was reorganized to use nested lettered sub-items (A, B, C) under subsection (b) instead of a flat numbered list, clarifying which subsection each change applies to.

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How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

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Committee

Amendments

Mar 25, 2026

Committee

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

upper

Mar 24, 2026

Introduced

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2657)

lower

Mar 24, 2026

Lower · Passed

Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.

lower

Mar 24, 2026

Introduced

Mr. Taylor moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

lower

Mar 16, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 119-547.

lower

Dec 18, 2025

Introduced

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

lower

Dec 18, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

lower

Dec 18, 2025

Lower · Passed

Subcommittee on Aviation Discharged

lower

Dec 1, 2025

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

lower

Sep 30, 2025

Committee

Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

lower

Sep 30, 2025

Introduced

Introduced in House

lower

1 primary · 2 co-sponsors