[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4203 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4203

To amend title 49, United States Code, to prohibit certain fees related 
to aircraft lavatories, to require refunding baggage fees if baggage is 
                    delayed, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 9, 2015

 Mr. Lipinski 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 prohibit certain fees related 
to aircraft lavatories, to require refunding baggage fees if baggage is 
                    delayed, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Comfortable and Fair Flight Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS FOR AIRCRAFT LAVATORIES AND BAGGAGE REFUNDS.

    (a) In General.--Subbchapter I of chapter 417 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 41725. Aircraft lavatories.
    ``(a) Prohibition on Fee for Use of Lavatory.--An air carrier 
operating an aircraft in air transportation may not charge an 
individual with a passenger ticket for such air transportation a fee 
for the use of a lavatory on such aircraft.
    ``(b) Prohibition on Change Fee for Air Transportation on Aircraft 
Without Functioning Lavatory.--If an aircraft operated in air 
transportation lacks an adequate number (as determined by the 
Secretary) of functioning lavatories at the time of boarding of such 
aircraft, the air carrier operating such aircraft shall permit an 
individual with a passenger ticket for such air transportation to 
select alternative equivalent air transportation operated by such 
carrier without charging such individual an additional fee.
``Sec. 41726. Baggage fee refund for delayed baggage.
    ``With respect to an individual with a passenger ticket for air 
transportation, the air carrier providing such air transportation shall 
refund to such individual any fee imposed on such individual for 
baggage transported on such air transportation if such baggage does not 
arrive at the scheduled destination for such baggage before the time 
that is two hours after the arrival of such individual at such 
destination.''.
    (b) Regulations.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall issue such 
regulations as are necessary to carry out the amendment made by 
subsection (a).
    (c) Applicability.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to air transportation that originates on or after 
the date that is 60 days after the date that regulations are issued 
pursuant to subsection (b).
    (d) Clerical Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 417 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 41724 the following:

``41725. Aircraft lavatories.
``41726. Baggage fee refund for delayed baggage.''.
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