[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 54 (Monday, April 11, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1864-S1865]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3597. Mr. INHOFE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3464 submitted by Mr. Thune (for himself and Mr. Nelson) 
to

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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:

       Strike section 3110 and insert the following:

     SEC. 3110. REFUNDS FOR OTHER FEES THAT ARE NOT HONORED BY A 
                   COVERED AIR CARRIER.

       (a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation 
     shall promulgate regulations that require each covered air 
     carrier to promptly provide a refund to a passenger, upon 
     request, of any ancillary fees paid by the passenger for a 
     service, as defined and disclosed by the air carrier, that, 
     except as provided in subsection (b), the passenger does not 
     receive, including on the passenger's scheduled flight or, if 
     the flight is rescheduled, a subsequent replacement 
     itinerary.
       (b) Exceptions.--
       (1) Voluntary changes in itinerary.--Subsection (a) shall 
     not apply if a passenger does not receive a service described 
     in that subsection because the passenger voluntarily chose to 
     make changes to the passenger's flight itinerary.
       (2) Extraordinary circumstanes.--An air carrier is not 
     required to provide a refund under subsection (a) with 
     respect to a fee for a service if the carrier is prevented 
     from provide the service by extraordinary circumstances that 
     could not have been avoided by the air carrier even if all 
     reasonable measures had been taken.
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