49 USC § 41726 - Strollers

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identifier: "/us/usc/t49/s41726"
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title: "49 USC § 41726 - Strollers"
title_number: 49
title_name: "TRANSPORTATION"
section_number: "41726"
section_name: "Strollers"
chapter_number: 417
chapter_name: "OPERATIONS OF CARRIERS"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "REQUIREMENTS"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "AIR COMMERCE AND SAFETY"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 115–254, div. B, title IV, § 412(a), Oct. 5, 2018, 132 Stat. 3331.)"
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# § 41726. Strollers

**(a)** **In General.—** Except as provided in subsection (b), a covered air carrier shall not deny a passenger the ability to check a stroller at the departure gate if the stroller is being used by a passenger to transport a child traveling on the same flight as the passenger.

**(b)** **Exception.—** Subsection (a) shall not apply in instances where the size or weight of the stroller poses a safety or security risk.

**(c)** **Covered Air Carrier Defined.—** In this section, the term “covered air carrier” means an air carrier or a foreign air carrier as those terms are defined in section 40102 of title 49, United States Code.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 115–254, div. B, title IV, § 412(a), Oct. 5, 2018, 132 Stat. 3331.)