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Baggage Fee Fairness Act of 2011

Introduced: February 15, 2011 See on congress.gov
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Feb 16, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Feb 15, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Feb 15, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Baggage Fee Fairness Act of 2011 - Requires air carriers to refund passenger baggage fees within 30 days after the arrival of any passenger flight in which a piece of baggage is lost, delayed, or damaged.

Makes it an unfair or deceptive practice for a domestic air carrier, foreign air carrier, or ticket agent to sell a ticket for air transportation but fail, before sale of the ticket, to: (1) ask the ticket purchaser if he or she has one or more pieces of baggage to check, and (2) inform him or her of the cost of checking each piece of baggage.

What's happening now February 16, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 7
D
Peters, Gary C.
Michigan · Mar 17, 2011
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Mar 17, 2011
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Feb 15, 2011
COSTELLO, JERRY
· Feb 15, 2011
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Feb 15, 2011
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Feb 15, 2011
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Feb 15, 2011
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 15, 2011
Shuler, Heath
· Feb 15, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 712: Baggage Fee Fairness Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-712/
MLA
"H.R. 712: Baggage Fee Fairness Act of 2011." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-712/.
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H.R. 712, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-712/.
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