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S 1550 118th Congress Senate Taxation

Lower Fees, Better Airports Act of 2023

Introduced: May 11, 2023 Introduced by: Schatz, Brian Democratic · Hawaii See on congress.gov
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Lower Fees, Better Airports Act of 2023

This bill includes fees paid by an airline passenger to an air carrier for certain goods and services (e.g., services relating to ticketing of the purchase of frequent flier miles) offered during a flight as amounts paid for taxable transportation. Under current law, there is a 7.5 % excise tax imposed on amounts paid for taxable transportation.

What's happening now May 11, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1550: Lower Fees, Better Airports Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1550/
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"S. 1550: Lower Fees, Better Airports Act of 2023." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1550/.
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S. 1550, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1550/.
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