[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2797 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2797

To require air carriers to charge a reduced fare for air transportation 
              to and from certain clinical health trials.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 4, 1997

   Mr. Cook introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To require air carriers to charge a reduced fare for air transportation 
              to and from certain clinical health trials.

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

SECTION 1. GENERAL REQUIREMENT.

    An air carrier may not charge a person participating in a clinical 
health trial sponsored by the National Institutes of Health or any 
other Federal agency or a university or college or approved by an 
institutional review board a fare for air transportation to enable such 
person to travel to and from such trial that is greater than the 
advance purchase fare for such air transportation.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act, the following definitions apply:
            (1) Advanced purchase fare.--The term ``advanced purchase 
        fare'' as used with respect to air transportation provided by 
        an air carrier means the lowest fare the air carrier charges 
        for the air transportation if the ticket for the air 
        transportation is purchased in advance and includes an 
        overnight stay.
            (2) Air carrier.--The term ``air carrier'' has the meaning 
        such term has under section 40102(a) of title 49, United States 
        Code.
            (3) Air transportation.--The term ``air transportation'' 
        has the meaning such term has under such section.
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