[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3736 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3736

 To amend chapter 417 of title 49, United States Code, to require air 
    carriers and ticket brokers to notify consumers of taxes, fees, 
    charges, and fuel surcharges in a timely manner, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

            December 11 (legislative day, December 10), 2008

 Mr. Menendez introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend chapter 417 of title 49, United States Code, to require air 
    carriers and ticket brokers to notify consumers of taxes, fees, 
    charges, and fuel surcharges in a timely manner, and for other 
                               purposes.

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

SECTION 1. AIRLINE TICKET FEE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.

    (a) In General.--Section 41712 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) Notice of Taxes, Fees, Charges, and Fuel Surcharges.--(1) It 
shall be an unfair or deceptive practice under subsection (a) for any 
air carrier, foreign air carrier, or ticket broker--
            ``(A) to display the price of a ticket for air 
        transportation without simultaneously displaying all taxes, 
        fees, charges, and fuel surcharges applicable to such ticket; 
        or
            ``(B) to fail to provide an online purchaser of a ticket 
        for air transportation with information, including the amount 
        and description, of each tax, fee, charge, and fuel surcharge 
        applicable to such ticket before requiring such purchaser to 
        provide any personal information, including name, address, 
        phone number, e-mail address, and credit card information.
    ``(2) It shall be an unfair or deceptive practice under subsection 
(a) for any air carrier or foreign air carrier--
            ``(A) to fail to provide an online purchaser of a ticket 
        for air transportation with information regarding fees for 
        checked baggage, seating assignments, and optional in-flight 
        goods and services; or
            ``(B) to increase the price of a ticket for air 
        transportation through a fuel surcharge that is not correlated 
        to the price of fuel paid by the air carrier or the amount of 
        fuel used by such air carrier for such air transportation.''.
    (b) Rulemaking.--The Secretary of Transportation, in consultation 
with the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, shall 
promulgate regulations to carry out section 41712(c) of title 49, 
United States Code, as added by subsection (a), including establishing 
a procedure for determining whether fuel surcharges of an air carrier 
or foreign air carrier are sufficiently correlated to the fuel costs of 
such air carrier.
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