US Congress House Bill 712 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-0)
Status: Introduced on February 15 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-02-16 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Aviation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Baggage Fee Fairness Act of 2011 - Requires air carriers to refund passenger baggage fees within 30 days after the arrival of any passenger flight in which a piece of baggage is lost, delayed, or damaged. Makes it an unfair or deceptive practice for a domestic air carrier, foreign air carrier, or ticket agent to sell a ticket for air transportation but fail, before sale of the ticket, to: (1) ask the ticket purchaser if he or she has one or more pieces of baggage to check, and (2) inform him or her of the cost of checking each piece of baggage.

Baggage Fee Fairness Act of 2011

Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. Donna Christensen [D-VI]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]
Rep. Jerry Costello [D-IL]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Jesse Jackson [D-IL]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]
Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Laura Richardson [D-CA]	Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]	Rep. Heath Shuler [D-NC]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-02-16	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
2011-02-15	House	Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/712/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr712/BILLS-112hr712ih.pdf