[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3337 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3337

 To amend title 49, United States Code, to require air carrier baggage 
          liability to be not less than $2,000 per passenger.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 5, 1998

Mr. Menendez (for himself, Mr. Shays, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Hinchey, and Mr. 
   Frank of Massachusetts) introduced the following bill; which was 
     referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 49, United States Code, to require air carrier baggage 
          liability to be not less than $2,000 per passenger.

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

SECTION 1. MINIMUM BAGGAGE LIABILITY.

    Subchapter I of chapter 417 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 41716. Minimum baggage liability
    ``(a) In General.--The liability for provable direct or 
consequential damages resulting from the disappearance of, damage to, 
or delay in delivery of a passenger's personal property, including 
baggage, that was in the custody or control of an air carrier 
immediately prior to such disappearance, damage, or delay shall be not 
less than $2,000 for each passenger.
    ``(b) Applicability.--Subsection (a) shall apply only to--
            ``(1) an air carrier that provides charter or scheduled 
        passenger service in interstate or overseas air transportation; 
        and
            ``(2) a flight that--
                    ``(A) uses an aircraft designed to have a maximum 
                passenger capacity of more than 60; or
                    ``(B) uses an aircraft that is designed to have a 
                maximum passenger capacity of 60 or less but has on the 
                ticket for that flight a flight segment that uses an 
                aircraft designed to have a maximum passenger capacity 
                of more than 60 seats.
    ``(c) Notice Requirement.--An air carrier described in subsection 
(b)(1) shall include on or with any ticket for a flight described in 
subsection (b)(2) at least one of the following:
            ``(1) Notice of any monetary limitation on its baggage 
        liability to passengers.
            ``(2) The following notice: `Federal law requires any 
        limitation on an air carriers's baggage liability on this 
        flight to be at least $2,000 per passenger.'.''

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO TABLE OF SECTIONS.

    The table of sections for subchapter I of chapter 417 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

``41716. Minimum baggage liability.''.
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