Title: Know Before You Fly Act
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
Know Before You Fly Act
This bill makes it an unfair or deceptive practice for an air carrier, foreign air carrier, or ticket agent to fail to disclose in its Internet fare quotation a clear and prominent statement of checked baggage and carry-on baggage fees, along with a prominent website link to a list of all such fees.
A covered air carrier shall publish on its website a clear statement indicating whether it will provide passengers whose travel is interrupted due to a widespread disruption:
A "covered air carrier" is defined as an air carrier that provides scheduled or public charter air transportation in an aircraft designed for a passenger capacity of 30 or more.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) shall designate a FAA office to receive and analyze reports involving fumes in the air conditioning and pressurization systems of commercial aircraft.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1420 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1420

  To amend title 49, United States Code, to require an air carrier to 
 provide information to the public regarding its policies for imposing 
baggage fees and assisting passengers during a widespread disruption of 
                    service, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 8, 2017

 Mr. DeFazio (for himself and Mr. Larsen of Washington) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
                           and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 49, United States Code, to require an air carrier to 
 provide information to the public regarding its policies for imposing 
baggage fees and assisting passengers during a widespread disruption of 
                    service, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Know Before You Fly Act''.

SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE OF FEES.

    Section 41712 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(d) Disclosure of Fees.--
            ``(1) In general.--It shall be an unfair or deceptive 
        practice under subsection (a) for any air carrier, foreign air 
        carrier, or ticket agent to fail to include, in an internet 
        fare quotation for a specific itinerary in air transportation 
        selected by a consumer, a clear and prominent statement that 
        additional fees for checked baggage and carry-on baggage may 
        apply, along with a prominent link from that internet website 
        page directly to a list of all such fees.
            ``(2) Savings provision.--Nothing in this subsection may be 
        construed to derogate or limit any responsibilities of an air 
        carrier, foreign air carrier, or ticket agent under section 
        399.85 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, or any 
        successor provision.''.

SEC. 3. WIDESPREAD DISRUPTIONS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 423 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 42304. Widespread disruptions
    ``(a) General Requirements.--A covered air carrier shall publish, 
via a prominent link on the air carrier's public internet website, a 
clear statement indicating whether or not, with respect to a passenger 
of the air carrier whose travel is interrupted as a result of a 
widespread disruption, the air carrier will--
            ``(1) provide for hotel accommodations;
            ``(2) arrange for ground transportation;
            ``(3) provide meal vouchers;
            ``(4) arrange for air transportation on another air carrier 
        or foreign air carrier to the passenger's destination; and
            ``(5) provide for sleeping facilities, food, and water 
        inside the airport terminal.
    ``(b) Transportation on Other Air Carriers.--The information 
provided by a covered air carrier under subsection (a)(4) shall 
identify each air carrier and foreign air carrier with which the 
covered air carrier will arrange air transportation as described in 
subsection (a)(4).
    ``(c) Definitions.--In this section, the following definitions 
apply:
            ``(1) Widespread disruption.--The term `widespread 
        disruption' means, with respect to a covered air carrier, the 
        interruption of all or a substantial portion of the air 
        carrier's system-wide flight operations, including flight 
        delays and cancellations, as the result of the failure of one 
        or more computer systems or computer networks of the air 
        carrier.
            ``(2) Covered air carrier.--The term `covered air carrier' 
        means an air carrier that provides scheduled or public charter 
        passenger air transportation by operating an aircraft that as 
        originally designed has a passenger capacity of thirty or more 
        seats.
    ``(d) Savings Provision.--Nothing in this section may be construed 
to modify, abridge, or repeal any obligation of an air carrier under 
section 42301.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 423 of title 
49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

``42304. Widespread disruptions.''.

SEC. 4. CABIN AIR QUALITY.

    (a) Designation of Office.--Not later than 90 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration shall designate an office of the Administration to 
receive and analyze reports involving fumes in the air conditioning and 
pressurization systems of aircraft operated under the provisions of 
part 121 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations.
    (b) Corrective Actions.--If the head of the office designated under 
subsection (a) determines with respect to a report received under 
subsection (a) that corrective action would reduce the recurrence of an 
event described in the report, the head of the office shall transmit 
that determination to the Associate Administrator for Aviation Safety.
    (c) Standardized Reporting.--Not later than 60 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall issue guidance to air 
carrier employees regarding terminology and phraseology for 
standardized reporting of fume events in the Administration's standard 
service difficulty reports.
    (d) Annual Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the head of the office 
designated under subsection (a) shall submit to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a 
report on--
            (1) the number of reports received under subsection (a);
            (2) the disposition of the reports; and
            (3) the status of the Administration's implementation of 
        any corrective actions identified under subsection (b).
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