[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1459 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1459

To prohibit air carriers from charging a fee for the transportation of 
checked baggage by members of the Armed Forces traveling to or from an 
                    overseas contingency operation.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 1, 2011

  Mr. Baucus 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 prohibit air carriers from charging a fee for the transportation of 
checked baggage by members of the Armed Forces traveling to or from an 
                    overseas contingency operation.

    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 ``Four Free Bags for Freedom Act''.

SEC. 2. BAGGAGE FEES PROHIBITED.

    (a) In General.--An air carrier (as defined in section 40102(a) of 
title 49, United States Code) may not charge any fee for the transport 
of 4 or fewer items of baggage checked by a member of the Armed Forces 
if such member--
            (1) is traveling in scheduled air transportation on 
        official military orders; and
            (2) is being deployed on, or returning from, an overseas 
        contingency operation.
    (b) Limitation.--As used in subsection (a), the term ``item of 
baggage'' does not include any item that weighs more than 80 pounds.
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