3.0.0 3691 2023-01-11T13:21:40Z 2023-01-11T13:21:40Z Senate S S 2010-08-03 111 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2010-08-03T14:58:43Z 2010-08-03 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2010-08-03 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000803 Sen. Webb, Jim [D-VA] James Webb D VA H. "Jim" N Commerce Aviation and airports Consumer affairs Government information and archives Sales and excise taxes Transportation costs Commerce 00 2010-08-03 Introduced in Senate 2010-11-04T21:12:29Z Airline Baggage Transparency and Accountability Act - Directs the Office of Aviation Consumer Protection and Enforcement of the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish rules to ensure that all consumers are able to compare airline ticket prices, including taxes and fees, easily and fairly.

Makes it an unfair or deceptive practice for a domestic or foreign air carrier or ticket agent to sell an airline ticket without displaying simultaneously in reasonable proximity to the ticket price (including on the Internet to an online purchaser) all applicable: (1) ticket taxes, fees, charges, and surcharges (including fuel surcharges); and (2) fees for checked baggage, seating assignments, and optional in-flight goods and services, and other fees that may be charged after the ticket is purchased.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat as part of the 7.5% excise tax on air transportation of a person any fees paid for checked baggage or carry-on baggage personally carried by the passenger into the cabin or overhead storage compartments of an aircraft.

Grants the Assistant DOT General Counsel for Aviation Enforcement and Proceedings, acting through the Aviation Consumer Protection Division, authority to carry out consumer protection compliance and enforcement with respect to passenger claims for lost, stolen, and damaged baggage.

Grants the Aviation Consumer Protection Division authority also to collect, and make available on the DOT website, information from each commercial air carrier regarding its procedures and performance relating to lost, stolen, and damaged baggage.

]]> Airline Baggage Transparency and Accountability Act Display Title Airline Baggage Transparency and Accountability Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish rules to assist consumers to compare airfares and other costs applicable to tickets for air transportation, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that fees charged for carry-on and checked baggage on passenger aircraft are subject to the excise tax imposed on transportation of persons by air, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Airline Baggage Transparency and Accountability Act Introduced in Senate 2010-08-03T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s3691is/xml/BILLS-111s3691is.xml 2010-08-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.