HR 8579 Re-checks Congress.gov for new actions and updates the bill's status, and fills in any sponsors, committees, or related bills that are missing. It does not re-pull sponsors/cosponsors/committees/related — those rarely change — and it skips all work if nothing has changed upstream, so it's cheap to click.
To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to issue regulations to include strollers in the contract of carriage of air carriers and set a liability limit for damaged strollers, and for other purposes.
To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to issue regulations to include strollers in the contract of carriage of air carriers and set a liability limit for damaged strollers, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill directs the Federal Aviation Administration to issue regulations requiring all air carriers to include strollers in their contracts of carriage and to tag strollers with a "handle with care" denotation within 180 days of enactment. The bill also directs the FAA to set a specific liability limit of $2,175 for damage to strollers by air carriers. These regulations must be consistent with the Montreal Convention, which governs international air transportation rules. The bill defines stroller to include any collapsible carriage designed as a chair for small children or other devices used to hold children while traveling.
AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.
Sponsor (1)
1 cosponsor
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Ryan Mackenzie’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- SUNDANCE VACATIONS $10,400
- COMMONWEALTH OF PA $9,900
- STARKEY HEARING TECHNOLOGIES $9,900
- WELLS FARGO ADVISORS $9,210
- LEHIGH VALLEY WATER SYSTEMS $7,600
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Ryan Mackenzie → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Apr 29, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. · house
- Apr 29, 2026 Introduced in House
Similar bills (6)
Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.
Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 29, 2026
Mr. Mackenzie (for himself and Ms. Pettersen) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To direct the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to issue regulations to include strollers in the contract of carriage of air carriers and set a liability limit for damaged strollers, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. CONTRACT OF CARRIAGE OF STROLLERS.
(a) In General.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall issue such regulations as are necessary to amend part 253 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, to require all air carriers to—
(1) include strollers in the contract of carriage of such airline; and
(2) to tag any stroller with a denotation that such stroller shall be handled with care.
(b) Consistency.—In carrying out subsection (a), the Administrator shall ensure that any update to the contract of carriage under such subsection shall be consistent with the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air (typically referred to as the “Montreal Convention”).
(c) Limits on Baggage Liability.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall issue such regulations as are necessary to amend section 254.4 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, to set a liability amount for damage to a stroller by an air carrier of $2,175, within the liability limit for all baggage under such section.
(d) Stroller Defined.—In this section, the term “stroller”—
(1) means a collapsible carriage designed as a chair in which a small child may be pushed; and
(2) includes any other device used to hold children on the move. <all>
Comments