[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 53 (Thursday, April 7, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S1831]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3553. Mr. DAINES submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3464 submitted by Mr. Thune (for himself and Mr. Nelson) 
to the bill H.R. 636, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
permanently extend increased expensing limitations, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 270, strike lines 2 through 11 and insert the 
     following:
       (a) Rulemaking.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall 
     issue final regulations to require a covered air carrier to 
     promptly provide an automatic refund or other compensation to 
     a passenger if the covered air carrier--
       (A) has charged the passenger an ancillary fee for checked 
     baggage; and
       (B) fails to deliver the checked baggage to the passenger 
     not later than 6 hours after the arrival of a domestic flight 
     or 12 hours after the arrival of an international flight.
       (2) Choice of comparable compensation.--The final 
     regulations issued under paragraph (1) shall not prescribe 
     specific compensation, but shall permit covered air carriers 
     to provide the passenger with a choice of comparable 
     compensation so long as a full refund of the ancillary fee is 
     one of the choices simultaneously offered by the covered air 
     carrier.
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