[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 54 (Monday, April 11, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S1862]
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SA 3581. Mr. BLUMENTHAL 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:
Beginning on page 271, strike line 15 and all that follows
through page 272, line 4, and insert the following:
(1) each covered air carrier to disclose to a consumer any
ancillary fees, including the baggage fee, cancellation fee,
change fee, ticketing fee, and seat selection fee of that
covered air carrier in a standardized format; and
(2) notwithstanding the manner in which information
regarding the fees described in paragraph (1) is collected,
each ticket agent to disclose to a consumer such fees of a
covered air carrier in the standardized format described in
paragraph (1).
(b) Requirements.--The regulations under subsection (a)
shall require that each disclosure--
(1) if ticketing is done on an Internet Web site or other
online service--
(A) be prominently displayed to the consumer through a link
on the homepage of the covered air carrier or ticket agent
and prior to the point of purchase; and
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