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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 178 (Wednesday, December 9, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. LIPINSKI:H.R. 4203.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:article I, section 8, clause 3 of the US Constitution[Page H9206]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Comfortable and Fair Flight Act</strong></p> <p>This bill prohibits an air carrier operating an aircraft from charging ticketed passengers a fee for the use of a lavatory on such aircraft. If an aircraft lacks an adequate number of functioning lavatories at the time of boarding, the carrier shall permit a ticketed passenger to select alternative equivalent air transportation operated by such carrier without charging an additional fee.</p> <p> A carrier must refund any baggage fee for baggage that does not arrive within two hours after the passenger arrives at the scheduled destination.</p>]]></text>
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