Lawyers are looking at punitive damages, as well as individual compensation payments for passengers and crew members.
It raises the possibility that carriers might be expected to issue automatic delay and cancellation payments to passengers.
The McCain bill will probably cover those areas and increase minimum payments for passengers who are "bumped," aides said.
Britain's train-operating companies are saving millions of pounds in compensation payments because passengers are not claiming the refunds to which they are entitled.
On Nov. 28, officials with the city's Municipal Transportation Agency recommended that the agency's board members consider possible problems with Square, the smartphone credit-card reader, before permitting taxi drivers to use it to collect payments from passengers.
Ola Money was partly borne out of a regulatory need: because credit and debit cards are not that ubiquitous, those who operate transportation apps and want to accept card or non-cash payments provide passengers with a wallet service where users can keep a float to pay for their rides.
Malaysia declared the flight's disappearance an "accident" in January, paving the way for compensation payments for passengers' families.
While printing tickets may go counter to the eco-friendly image of carpooling, this type of ticketing does provide a more official and secure way of payment for passengers.
A22 Payments to Air Passengers The Transportation Security Administration will pay about $1.5 million to some 15,000 airline passengers who said items in their checked baggage had been stolen or damaged in the last 18 months.
The Department of Transportation wants to raise the required payments to stranded passengers to a maximum of $1,300 — up from a maximum of $800 — depending on how long the wait was for another flight.
