On the recordMarch 31, 2011
Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 189, after line 13, insert the following (and conform the table of contents accordingly): SEC. 434. BAGGAGE FEE REFUNDS. An air carrier that collects a fee from a passenger for checked baggage on a flight operated by the carrier in scheduled passenger air transportation or intrastate air transportation shall refund the fee, not later than 60 days after the date of the flight, if the baggage is lost, delayed, or damaged. A refund required under this section shall be in addition to compensation required under any other provision of law. SEC. 435. NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS REGARDING THE SALE OF AIRLINE TICKETS. (a) Notice of Fees.--Section 41712 is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(d) Notice of Fees.-- ``(1) In general.--It shall be an unfair or deceptive practice under subsection (a) for any ticket agent, air carrier, foreign air carrier, or other person offering to sell tickets for air transportation on a flight of an air carrier or foreign air carrier to fail to disclose, whether verbally in oral communication or in writing in written or electronic communication, prior to the purchase of a ticket, the cost of checking one or more pieces of baggage on the flight.…





