[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2547 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2547

  To increase the maximum penalty for unfair and deceptive practices 
      relating to advertising of the costs of air transportation.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 11, 2016

 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 increase the maximum penalty for unfair and deceptive practices 
      relating to advertising of the costs of air transportation.

    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 ``Real Transparency in Airfares Act of 
2016''.

SEC. 2. INCREASED PENALTIES FOR UNFAIR AND DECEPTIVE AIRFARE 
              ADVERTISING PRACTICES.

    Section 46301(a) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
    ``(7) Penalty for Violations of Unfair and Deceptive Airfare 
Advertising Practices.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the maximum 
civil penalty assessed on a person for an unfair or deceptive practice 
in violation of section 41712 and described in section 399.84 of title 
14, Code of Federal Regulations (or any corresponding similar 
regulation or ruling), shall be--
            ``(A) $55,000; or
            ``(B) if the person is an individual or small business 
        concern, $2,500.''.
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