In a press conference yesterday, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) said that a new free-standing version of PIRG-backed Airline Passenger Rights legislation, HR 6355, sponsored by Transportation Committee chairman Jim Oberstar (D-MN) and Aviation subcommittee chair Jerry Costello (D-IL), may come to the House floor this week. The bill also includes some more-controversial provisions concerning FAA employee bargaining rights, which could torpedo the plan to move the bill. Senate action on a bigger FAA bill (previous blog) including airline passenger rights reforms has been delayed over funding unrelated air traffic control system improvements, so maybe they should move a free-standing bill also.