[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2715 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2715

            To require refunds for delayed or lost baggage.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 25, 2017

   Ms. Meng introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
            To require refunds for delayed or lost baggage.

    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 ``No Fees for Lost Baggage Act''.

SEC. 2. REFUNDS FOR DELAYED OR LOST BAGGAGE.

    Section 2305 of the ``FAA Extension, Safety, and Security Act of 
2016'' is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 2305. REFUNDS FOR DELAYED OR LOST BAGGAGE.

    ``(a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall require a 
common carrier or foreign common carrier to promptly provide to a 
passenger an automated refund for any ancillary fees paid by the 
passenger for checked baggage if--
            ``(1) the common carrier or foreign common carrier fails to 
        deliver the checked baggage to the passenger--
                    ``(A) not later than 12 hours after domestic travel 
                arrival; or
                    ``(B) not later than 15 hours after international 
                travel arrival; and
            ``(2) the passenger has notified the common carrier or 
        foreign common carrier of the lost or delayed checked baggage.
    ``(b) Exception.--If the Secretary makes a determination that a 
requirement under subsection (a) is not feasible and would adversely 
affect consumers in certain cases, the Secretary may modify the 
deadlines specified in subsection (a)(1) for such cases, except that--
            ``(1) the deadline relating to domestic travel may not 
        exceed 18 hours after arrival; and
            ``(2) the deadline relating to international travel may not 
        exceed 30 hours after arrival.''.
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