[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5462 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5462

 To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide for limitations on 
            the fees charged to passengers of air carriers.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 15, 2014

 Mr. Hudson (for himself, Mr. McCaul, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, and 
Mr. Richmond) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Homeland Security

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide for limitations on 
            the fees charged to passengers of air carriers.

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

SECTION 1. LIMITATION ON FEES CHARGED TO PASSENGERS OF AIR CARRIERS.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (c) of section 44940 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
    ``(c) Limitation on Fee.--
            ``(1) Amount.--Fees imposed under subsection (a)(1) shall 
        be $5.60 per one-way trip in air transportation or intrastate 
        air transportation that originates at an airport in the United 
        States, except that the fee imposed per round trip shall not 
        exceed $11.20.
            ``(2) Definition of round trip.--In this subsection, the 
        term `round trip' means a trip on an air travel itinerary that 
        terminates or has a stopover at the origin point (or co-
        terminal).''.
    (b) Applicability.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to a trip in air transportation or intrastate air 
transportation that is purchased on or after the date of the enactment 
of this Act.
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