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agency of a State under paragraph (1); 
and 
(ii) upon intervening— 
(I) be heard on all matters aris-
ing in the civil action; and 
(II) appeal a decision in the civil 
action. 
(C) LIMITATION ON STATE ACTION WHILE 
FEDERAL ACTION IS PENDING.—If the Commis-
sion or the Attorney General of the United 
States has instituted a civil action for violation 
of section 2(a) (referred to in this subparagraph 
as the ‘‘Federal action’’), no State attorney 
general, official, or agency may bring an action 
under paragraph (1) during the pendency of the 
Federal action against any defendant named in 
the complaint in the Federal action for any vio-
lation of such section alleged in such complaint. 
(3) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 
subsection may be construed to prevent an attorney 
general, official, or agency of a State from exercising 
the powers conferred on the attorney general, offi-
cial, or agency by the laws of the State to conduct 
investigations, to administer oaths or affirmations, 
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or to compel the attendance of witnesses or the pro-
duction of documentary or other evidence. 
SEC. 4. ONE NATIONAL STANDARD. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—A State, or political subdivision 
of a State, may not maintain, enforce, prescribe, or con-
tinue in effect any law, rule, regulation, requirement, 
standard, or other provision having the force and effect 
of law of the State, or political subdivision of the State, 
that prohibits a covered provider from advertising, dis-
playing, marketing, or otherwise offering, or otherwise af-
fects the manner in which a covered provider may adver-
tise, display, market, or otherwise offer, for sale in inter-
state commerce, including through a direct offering, third- 
party distribution, or metasearch referral, a price of a res-
ervation for a place of short-term lodging that does not 
include each mandatory fee. 
(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—This section may not 
be construed to— 
(1) preempt any law of a State or political sub-
division of a State relating to contracts or torts; or 
(2) preempt any law of a State or political sub-
division of a State to the extent that such law re-
lates to an act of fraud, unauthorized access to per-
sonal information, or notification of unauthorized ac-
cess to personal information. 
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SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 
means the Federal Trade Commission. 
(2) CORPORATE, GOVERNMENT, OR
INSTITU-
TIONAL
TRAVEL
MANAGEMENT
PROGRAM.—The 
term ‘‘corporate, government, or institutional travel 
management program’’ means— 
(A) a program used by a company, govern-
ment entity, or not-for-profit institution for the 
travel of the officers, directors, or employees of 
such company, government entity, or not-for- 
profit institution; or 
(B) a program purchased by a company, 
government entity, or not-for-profit institution 
and used for the travel of the officers, directors, 
or employees of such company, government en-
tity, or not-for-profit institution. 
(3) COVERED PROVIDER.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘covered pro-
vider’’ means a provider of a place of short- 
term lodging, a provider of an internet website 
or other centralized platform, or any other enti-
ty who advertises, displays, markets, or other-
wise offers a price of a reservation for a place 
of short-term lodging. 
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(B) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘‘covered pro-
vider’’ does not include any entity who adver-
tises, displays, markets, or otherwise offers a 
price of a reservation for a place of short-term 
lodging for purchase pursuant to a corporate, 
government, or institutional travel management 
program. 
(4) MANDATORY FEE.—The term ‘‘mandatory 
fee’’— 
(A) means each mandatory fee required to 
complete the booking or stay that is assessed by 
the covered provider and paid directly by the 
consumer; and 
(B) does not include any tax or fee im-
posed on the consumer by a governmental or 
quasi-governmental entity or assessment fees of 
a government-created special district or pro-
gram. 
(5) PLACE
OF
SHORT-TERM
LODGING.—The 
term ‘‘place of short-term lodging’’ means a hotel, 
motel, inn, short-term rental, or other place of lodg-
ing that advertises at a price that is a nightly, hour-
ly, or weekly rate. 
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(6) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 
the several States, the District of Columbia, and 
each territory or possession of the United States. 
SEC. 6. APPLICATION TO PRIOR BOOKINGS. 
Section 2(a) shall apply only to a reservation for a 
place of short-term lodging made on or after the effective 
date of this Act. 
SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act shall take effect on the date that is 1 year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 11, 2024. 
Attest: 
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 
Clerk. 
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