Title: Passenger Fee Restructuring Exemptions Act of 2017
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
Passenger Fee Restructuring Exemptions Act of 2017
This bill revises aviation security service fee requirements.
The bill makes an exception to the $5.60 per one-way trip fee for certain passengers for domestic flights that originate at a U.S. airport.
The bill limits such fees to $2.50 per enplanement, with the total not to exceed $5.00 per one-way trip, for any passengers: (1) boarding to an eligible small community for which essential air service compensation is paid; or (2) on flights, including flight segments, between two or more points in Hawaii or two or more points in Alaska.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1782 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1782

 To amend title 49, United States Code, to exempt certain flights from 
   increased aviation security service fees, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 29, 2017

   Ms. Gabbard (for herself, Ms. Hanabusa, and Mr. Young of Alaska) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Homeland Security

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 49, United States Code, to exempt certain flights from 
   increased aviation security service fees, 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 ``Passenger Fee Restructuring 
Exemptions Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. EXCEPTIONS TO RESTRUCTURING OF PASSENGER FEE.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (c) of section 44940 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``Fees imposed'' and 
        inserting ``Except as provided by paragraph (2), fees 
        imposed'';
            (2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(2) Exceptions.--Fees imposed under subsection (a)(1) may 
        not exceed $2.50 per enplanement, and the total amount of such 
        fees may not exceed $5.00 per one-way trip, for passengers--
                    ``(A) boarding to an eligible place under 
                subchapter II of chapter 417 for which essential air 
                service compensation is paid under such subchapter; or
                    ``(B) on flights, including flight segments, 
                between two or more points in Hawaii or two or more 
                points in Alaska.''.
    (b) Implementation of Fee Exceptions.--The Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall implement the fee exceptions under the amendments made 
by subsection (a)--
            (1) beginning on the date that is 30 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act; and
            (2) through the publication of notice of the fee exceptions 
        in the Federal Register, notwithstanding section 9701 of title 
        31, United States Code, and the procedural requirements of 
        section 553 of title 5, United States Code.
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