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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Prevention of Unreasonable Fees
Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress finds as follows:
(1) Several airports and other transportation terminals
continue to charge or have imposed fees on all for-hire
vehicles, regardless of whether the vehicle is providing
interstate or intrastate transportation.
(2) The imposition of such fees unreasonably burdens direct
for hire vehicles, many of whom are small businesses struggling
to survive in these difficult economic times.

SEC. 3. PREVENTION OF UNREASONABLE FEES.

Section 14501(d) of title 49, United States Code is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ''on account of the fact
that a motor vehicle'' and inserting ''to be paid with respect
to a motor vehicle that'';
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraph
(3) and (4), respectively;
(3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
''(2) Transportation terminal fees prohibited.--An operator
of a transportation terminal that, at any time after the date
of enactment of the Prevention of Unreasonable Fees Act, uses
any Federal funds for the construction, expansion, renovation,
or other capital improvement of such transportation terminal,
or for the purchase or lease of any equipment installed in such
transportation terminal or on its property, may not charge any
fee to a provider of prearranged ground transportation service
described in paragraph (1), except--
''(A) a fee charged to the general public for
access to, or use of, any part of the transportation
terminal;
''(B) a fee for the availability of ancillary
facilities at the transportation terminal that is
reasonable in relation to the costs of operating the
ancillary facilities; or
''(C) a fee for such access, use, or availability
that the Secretary has approved in advance after making
a determination that the fee is reasonable,
nonburdensome, nondiscriminatory, necessary, and
appropriate to the provision of prearranged ground
transportation service.'';
(4) by amending paragraph (3), as redesignated, to read as
follows:
''(3) Definitions.--In this section:
''(A) Ancillary facilities.--The term 'ancillary
facilities' includes restrooms, vending machines,
monitoring facilities that advise parties accessing the
transportation terminal of arrivals or departures of
aircraft, buses, trains, ships, or boats, and such
other facilities determined by the Secretary to be
necessary, appropriate, desirable, or useful to the
business of providing prearranged ground transportation
service.
''(B) Intermediate stop.--The term 'intermediate
stop', with respect to transportation by a motor
carrier, means a pause in the transportation in order
for 1 or more passengers to engage in personal or
business activity if the driver providing the
transportation to such passengers does not, before
resuming the transportation of at least 1 of such
passengers, provide transportation to any other person
not included among the passengers being transported
when the pause began.
''(C) Transportation terminal.--The term
'transportation terminal' means any airport, port
facility for ships or boats, train station, or bus
terminal, including any principal building and all
ancillary buildings, roads, runways, and other
facilities.''; and
(5) in paragraph (4), as redesignated--
(A) in subparagraph (B)--
(i) by striking ''an airport, train, or
bus'' and inserting ''a transportation''; and
(ii) by striking ''and'' at the end;
(B) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as
subparagraph (D);
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the
following:
''(C) as prohibiting or restricting a
transportation terminal operator from requiring
vehicles that cannot safely use parking facilities that
are otherwise available to the general public to use
segregated facilities, if the fee for such facilities
is not more than the amount charged to the public for
similar facilities;'';
(D) in subparagraph (D), as redesignated, by
striking the period at the end and inserting ''; or'';
and
(E) by inserting after subparagraph (D), as
redesignated, the following:
''(E) as restricting the right of any State or
political subdivision of a State to require a license
or fee (other than a fee by a transportation terminal
operator prohibited under paragraph (2)) with respect
to a vehicle that is providing transportation not
described in paragraph (1).''.

SEC. 4. REGULATIONS.

(a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall promulgate
regulations to carry out the provisions of section 14501(d) of title
49, United States Code, as amended by section 3.
(b) Provisions.--The regulations promulgated pursuant to subsection
(a) shall include--
(1) a comprehensive list of the ancillary facilities
determined by the Secretary to be necessary, appropriate,
desirable, and useful to the business of the provision of
prearranged ground transportation service;
(2) a schedule of suggested fees that--
(A) may be charged for such ancillary facilities by
any transportation terminal operator to a provider of
prearranged ground transportation service for the
availability of the ancillary facility; and
(B) are determined by the Secretary to be
reasonable in relation to the costs of operating the
ancillary facility;
(3) a requirement that any fee proposed by a transportation
terminal operator for the availability of an ancillary facility
may not be greater than the fee for such ancillary facility
provided in the schedule described in paragraph (2), unless the
fee is approved in advance by the Secretary after a public
hearing and determination that the proposed fee and the amount
of the fee for the availability of such ancillary facility at
such transportation terminal--
(A) is reasonable in relation to the costs of
operating the ancillary facility; and
(B) otherwise complies with section 14501(d) of
title 49, United States Code; and
(4) such other provisions as the Secretary determines to be
necessary or appropriate to carry out such section 14501(d) in
a manner that prevents the imposition by a transportation
terminal operator of--
(A) fees to be paid by or with respect to a motor
vehicle that is providing prearranged ground
transportation service; or
(B) any other discriminatory or punitive action or
measure against, or with respect to, a motor vehicle
that is providing prearranged ground transportation
service.
A:
Prevention of Unreasonable Fees Act - Prohibits an operator of a transportation terminal that uses federal funds for terminal construction, or for the purchase or lease of equipment installed there, from charging a fee to a provider of pre-arranged ground transportation service that meets state vehicle and intrastate passenger licensing requirements. Exempts from such prohibition: (1) fees charged to the general public for access to, or use of, the terminal; (2) any fee for the availability of ancillary facilities located there; or (3) any fee for such access or use that the Secretary has approved in advance as reasonable, nonburdensome, nondiscriminatory, and necessary to the provision of prearranged ground transportation service.

Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed to: (1) prohibit or restrict a transportation terminal operator from requiring vehicles that cannot safely use public parking facilities to use segregated facilities provided the fee for segregated facilities is no more than that charged to the public for similar facilities; or (2) restrict the right of a state or its political subdivisions to require a license or fee (other than a prohibited transportation terminal fee) for a motor vehicle providing certain other prearranged ground transportation.