[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 56 (Wednesday, April 13, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S2052]
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SA 3774. Mr. BLUMENTHAL submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed to amendment SA 3679 proposed by Mr. McConnell (for 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 286, strike lines 5 through 19, 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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