Periodic Revisions to Denied Boarding Compensation and Domestic Baggage Liability Limits

<RULE> DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION <SUBAGY>Office of the Secretary of Transportation</SUBAGY> <CFR>14 CFR Parts 250 and 254</CFR> <DEPDOC>[Docket No. DOT-OST-2009-0092]</DEPDOC> <RIN>RIN 2105-AF30</RIN> <SUBJECT>Periodic Revisions to Denied Boarding Compensation and Domestic Baggage Liability Limits</SUBJECT> <HD SOURCE="HED">AGENCY:</HD> Office of the Secretary of Transportation (OST), U.S. Department of Transportation. <HD SOURCE="HED">ACTION:</HD> Notification of enforcement discretion. <SUM> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUMMARY:</HD> This document announces that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) will not take enforcement action until March 20, 2025, against regulated entities for failing to comply with the requirements contained in the final rule titled “Periodic Revisions to Denied Boarding Compensation and Domestic Baggage Liability Limits”. </SUM> <EFFDATE> <HD SOURCE="HED">DATES:</HD> As of February 20, 2025, enforcement of the amendments enacted in the final rule published October 24, 2024, at 89 FR 84815, is delayed until March 20, 2025. </EFFDATE> <FURINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:</HD> Stuart Hindman, Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Department of Transportation, (202) 366-9041, <E T="03">stuart.hindman@dot.gov.</E> <E T="03">Electronic Access and Filing:</E> This document, the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM), all comments received, the final rule, and all background material may be viewed online at <E T="03">www.regulations.gov</E> using the docket number listed above. Electronic retrieval help and guidelines are available on the website. It is available 24 hours each day, 365 days each year. An electronic copy of this document may also be downloaded from the Office of the Federal Register's website at <E T="03">www.federalregister.gov</E> and the Government Publishing Office's website at <E T="03">www.GovInfo.gov.</E> </FURINF> <SUPLINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:</HD> On October 24, 2024, DOT issued a final rule titled, “Periodic Revisions to Denied Boarding Compensation and Domestic Baggage Liability Limits” (89 FR 84815). This final rule raised, in accordance with existing regulation, the liability limits for denied boarding compensation that U.S. and foreign air carriers may impose from the current figures of $775 and $1,550 to $1,075 and $2,150. The final rule also raised the liability limit U.S. carriers may impose for mishandled baggage in domestic air transportation from the current amount of $3,800 to $4,700. This final rule became effective on January 22, 2025. On January 20, 2025, the President issued a memorandum titled “Regulatory Freeze Pending Review,”  <SU>1</SU> <FTREF/> to direct executive departments and agencies to consider postposing for 60 days the effective date for any rules that had been published in the <E T="04">Federal Register</E> but had not taken effect for the purpose of reviewing any questions of fact, law, and policy that the rules may raise. While not explicitly subject to the President's memorandum, DOT is providing notice that it will exercise its enforcement discretion and not enforce the provisions of the “Periodic Revisions to Denied Boarding Compensation and Domestic Baggage Liability Limits” final rule until March 20, 2025, to allow the officials appointed or designated by the President to review the final rule to ensure that it is consistent with the law and Administration policies. <FTNT> <SU>1</SU>  90 FR 8249 (January 28, 2025). </FTNT> <SIG> Issued in Washington, DC, under authority delegated in 49 CFR 1.27(a): <NAME>Gregory D. Cote,</NAME> Acting General Counsel. </SIG> </SUPLINF> <FRDOC>[FR Doc. 2025-02814 Filed 2-19-25; 8:45 am]</FRDOC> </RULE>