[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5347 Introduced in House (IH)]

  2d Session
                                H. R. 5347

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations relating 
to the transfer of airline tickets and to amend title 49, United States 
         Code, relating to air carrier ticket pricing policies.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 29, 2000

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations relating 
to the transfer of airline tickets and to amend title 49, United States 
         Code, relating to air carrier ticket pricing policies.

    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 ``Consumer-Friendly Airline Ticket 
Transfer Act''.

SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF AIRLINE TICKETS.

    (a) Regulations.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall 
        issue regulations requiring air carriers to make paper tickets 
        purchased after January 1, 2001, for intrastate air 
        transportation or interstate air transportation transferable at 
        no cost.
            (2) Special rules.--Under the regulations--
                    (A) the transferee may only board the aircraft to 
                be used to provide the air transportation if the 
                original purchaser of the ticket has endorsed the 
                ticket and the transferee endorses the ticket in the 
                presence of a ticket agent of the air carrier providing 
                the air transportation and provides to the ticket agent 
                proof of identification; and
                    (B) the original purchaser of the ticket is the 
                only person who may be credited under a frequent flyer 
                program of the air carrier for mileage with respect to 
                the air transportation.
            (3) Recommendations.--Not later than 90 days after the date 
        of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall make 
        recommendations to Congress relating to the transfer of 
        electronic tickets for air transportation.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section, the terms ``air carrier'', ``air 
transportation'', ``intrastate air transportation'', and ``interstate 
air transportation'' have the meanings such terms have under section 
40102 of title 49, United States Code.

SEC. 3. AIR CARRIER PRICING POLICIES.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter I of chapter 417 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 41716. Air carrier pricing policies
    ``An air carrier may not--
            ``(1) prohibit a person (including a governmental entity) 
        that purchases air transportation from only using a portion of 
        the air transportation purchased (including using the air 
        transportation purchased only for 1-way travel instead of 
        round-trip travel); and
            ``(2) assess an additional fee or charge to--
                    ``(A) such a person; or
                    ``(B) any ticket agent that sold the air 
                transportation to such person.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for such title is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 41715 the 
following:

``41716. Air carrier pricing policies.''.
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