[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6985 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6985

To amend title 49, United States Code, to require air carriers to waive 
 certain baggage fees for members of the uniformed services traveling 
                             under orders.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 22, 2008

   Mr. Baca 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 carriers to waive 
 certain baggage fees for members of the uniformed services traveling 
                             under orders.

    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 ``Military Air Travel Fairness Act of 
2008''.

SEC. 2. WAIVER OF CERTAIN BAGGAGE FEES.

    (a) Baggage Fee Waiver.--Subchapter I of chapter 417 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 41724. Baggage fee waiver for certain members of the uniformed 
              services
    ``(a) Baggage Fee Waiver.--An air carrier shall waive any fee 
imposed for up to 3 items of baggage checked by a member of the 
uniformed services under orders who is a passenger of an air carrier on 
a scheduled flight in air transportation or intrastate air 
transportation.
    ``(b) Oversize and Overweight Items.--Subsection (a) shall not 
apply in the case of an item of checked baggage that is oversize or 
overweight, as defined by the Secretary by regulation.''.
    (b) Regulations.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall issue 
regulations to carry out the amendment made by subsection (a).
    (c) Applicability.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to baggage described in such subsection when the regulations are 
issued pursuant to subsection (b).
    (d) Clerical Amendment.--The analysis for subchapter I of chapter 
417 is amended by adding at the end the following:

``41724. Baggage fee waiver for certain members of the uniformed 
                            services.''.
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