3.0.0 1753 2022-01-12T14:37:09Z 2022-01-12T14:37:09Z Senate S S 2011-10-20 112 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-10-20T23:31:47Z International Travelers Bill of Rights Act of 2011 112 1120 HR 2011-03-28 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade. Related bill CRS International Travelers Bill of Rights Act of 2011 112 3241 HR 2012-02-03 Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade. Identical bill CRS 2011-10-20 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6877-6878) IntroReferral 2011-10-20 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6877) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2011-10-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000360 Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL] MARK KIRK R IL STEVEN N B001268 Sen. Brown, Scott P. [R-MA] Scott Brown R MA P. 2011-10-20 True C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2011-10-20 True K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2011-10-20 True M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2011-12-01 False Commerce Cardiovascular and respiratory health Congressional oversight Consumer affairs Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Government information and archives Health care coverage and access Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Transportation safety and security Travel and tourism Commerce 00 2011-10-20 Introduced in Senate 2012-03-01T20:25:53Z International Travelers Bill of Rights Act of 2011 - Requires an individual or entity that operates a website that provides access to international travel services to provide to consumers information regarding the health and safety risks associated with overseas vacation destinations marketed on such website, including: (1) information compiled by the Department of State that includes country-specific travel warnings and alerts; and (2) information on the availability of on site health and safety services at a destination, including the hours and days such services are available, or a disclaimer that such destination does not provide certain health and safety services or that information regarding such services is not available. Requires a website operator that does not possess information on a destination's health and safety services to request it from that destination.

Grants the website operator immunity from liability relating to inaccurate or incomplete information if such information was provided by the destination and the operator published it without knowledge that it was inaccurate or incomplete.

Treats a violation as an unfair or deceptive act or practice under the Federal Trade Commission Act.

Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to require the Secretary of State to: (1) collect and include in the database on overseas deaths of U.S. citizens from non-natural causes information on the name and address of the property where a death occurred, and (2) update the database not less frequently than once each month (currently, every six months) and to report such updated information to Congress.

]]> International Travelers Bill of Rights Act of 2011 Short Titles as Introduced International Travelers Bill of Rights Act of 2011 Display Title International Travelers Bill of Rights Act of 2011 Official Title as Introduced A bill to require operators of Internet websites that provide access to international travel services and market overseas vacation destinations to provide on such websites information to consumers regarding the potential health and safety risks associated with traveling to such vacation destinations, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2011-10-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s1753is/xml/BILLS-112s1753is.xml 2011-10-20 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6877-6878) 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.