[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1118 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1118

  To prohibit a rental car company from imposing a fee based upon the 
                         residence of a renter.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 18, 1997

 Mr. Schumer introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prohibit a rental car company from imposing a fee based upon the 
                         residence of a renter.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Rental Car Fairness Act of 1997''.

SEC. 2. RESIDENCE BASED FEES PROHIBITED.

    No rental car company, in or affecting interstate commerce, shall 
impose as a part of the cost of the rental of a motor vehicle a fee or 
charge based upon the location of the residence of the renter.

SEC. 3. PENALTY.

    If the Federal Trade Commission finds that a rental car company has 
willfully violated section 2, the Commission shall (after notice and 
opportunity for a hearing) impose a civil monetary penalty on the 
rental car company in an amount not to exceed $10,000 for each such 
violation.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

    As used in this Act:
            (1) The term ``rental car company'' means any person in the 
        business of renting motor vehicles.
            (2) The term ``renter'' means any person who rents a motor 
        vehicle from a rental car company under the terms of a rental 
        agreement.
            (3) The term ``motor vehicle'' has the meaning given such 
        term by section 30102 of title 49, United States Code.

SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act shall apply with respect to rental agreements entered into 
on or after the 30th day after the date of enactment of this Act.
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