3.0.0 2599 2023-01-11T13:31:58Z 2023-01-11T13:31:58Z Senate S 2016-02-25 114 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-02-25T21:20:35Z 2016-02-25 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2016-02-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001170 Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] Claire McCaskill D MO N M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2016-06-08 False B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2016-06-22 False W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2016-07-13 False Commerce Civil actions and liability Consumer affairs Marketing and advertising State and local government operations Travel and tourism Commerce 00 2016-02-25 Introduced in Senate 2016-03-29T20:58:08Z Truth in Hotel Advertising Act of 2016

This bill prohibits certain entities that are subject to the enforcement authority of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from advertising a rate for a hotel room that does not include all required fees other than taxes and fees imposed by a government.

Violations are to be treated as unfair or deceptive acts or practices under the Federal Trade Commission Act.

The bill sets forth authority for the FTC and states to enforce against such violations.

]]> Truth in Hotel Advertising Act of 2016 Display Title Truth in Hotel Advertising Act of 2016 Official Title as Introduced A bill to prohibit unfair and deceptive advertising of hotel room rates, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Truth in Hotel Advertising Act of 2016 Introduced in Senate 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2599is/xml/BILLS-114s2599is.xml 2016-02-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. 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.