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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4203 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to prohibit certain fees related 
to aircraft lavatories, to require refunding baggage fees if baggage is 
delayed, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 9, 2015 
Mr. LIPINSKI introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend title 49, United States Code, to prohibit certain 
fees related to aircraft lavatories, to require refunding 
baggage fees if baggage is delayed, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Comfortable and Fair 
Flight Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS FOR AIRCRAFT LAVATORIES AND 
BAGGAGE REFUNDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subbchapter I of chapter 417 of 
title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘§ 41725. Aircraft lavatories. 
‘‘(a) PROHIBITION
ON FEE
FOR USE
OF LAVA-
TORY.—An air carrier operating an aircraft in air trans-
portation may not charge an individual with a passenger 
ticket for such air transportation a fee for the use of a 
lavatory on such aircraft. 
‘‘(b) PROHIBITION ON CHANGE FEE FOR AIR TRANS-
PORTATION ON AIRCRAFT WITHOUT FUNCTIONING LAVA-
TORY.—If an aircraft operated in air transportation lacks 
an adequate number (as determined by the Secretary) of 
functioning lavatories at the time of boarding of such air-
craft, the air carrier operating such aircraft shall permit 
an individual with a passenger ticket for such air transpor-
tation to select alternative equivalent air transportation 
operated by such carrier without charging such individual 
an additional fee. 
‘‘§ 41726. Baggage fee refund for delayed baggage. 
‘‘With respect to an individual with a passenger ticket 
for air transportation, the air carrier providing such air 
transportation shall refund to such individual any fee im-
posed on such individual for baggage transported on such 
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air transportation if such baggage does not arrive at the 
scheduled destination for such baggage before the time 
that is two hours after the arrival of such individual at 
such destination.’’. 
(b) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 120 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Transportation shall issue such regulations as are nec-
essary to carry out the amendment made by subsection 
(a). 
(c) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall apply with respect to air transportation 
that originates on or after the date that is 60 days after 
the date that regulations are issued pursuant to subsection 
(b). 
(d) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-
ter 417 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting after the item relating to section 41724 the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘41725. Aircraft lavatories. 
‘‘41726. Baggage fee refund for delayed baggage.’’. 
Æ 
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