Transparent Airfares Act of 2014
Latest action · Jul 29, 2014 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 6, 2014
- Passed HouseJul 28, 2014
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Transparent Airfares Act of 2014 - Declares that it shall not be an unfair or deceptive practice for an air carrier or other covered entity to state the base airfare in an advertisement or solicitation for passenger air transportation if it clearly and separately discloses: (1) the government-imposed taxes and fees for the air transportation, and (2) its total cost.
Defines "base airfare" to mean the cost of passenger air transportation, excluding government-imposed taxes and fees.
Defines "covered entity" as an air carrier, including an indirect air carrier, foreign carrier, ticket agent, or other person offering to sell tickets for passenger air transportation or a tour or tour component that must be purchased with air transportation.
Cosponsors 50
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 6, 2014 to Jul 23, 2014; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NJ | Frank A. LoBiondo | Original | Mar 6, 2014 |
| D-WV | Nick J. Rahall II | Original | Mar 6, 2014 |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Original | Mar 6, 2014 |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Original | Mar 6, 2014 |
| R-GA | Tom Graves | Original | Mar 6, 2014 |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Mar 11, 2014 | |
| R-TX | Blake Farenthold | Mar 11, 2014 | |
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | Mar 11, 2014 | |
| R-AK | Don Young | Mar 11, 2014 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Mar 11, 2014 | |
| R-PA | Patrick Meehan | Mar 11, 2014 | |
| R-WI | Reid J. Ribble | Mar 11, 2014 | |
| R-IL | Rodney Davis | Mar 11, 2014 | |
| R-TX | Roger Williams | Mar 11, 2014 | |
| R-WV | Shelley Moore Capito | Mar 11, 2014 | |
| R-FL | Steve Southerland II | Mar 11, 2014 | |
| D-MN | Collin C. Peterson | Mar 26, 2014 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Mar 26, 2014 | |
| R-OH | James B. Renacci | Mar 26, 2014 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Mar 26, 2014 | |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Mar 26, 2014 | |
| D-IL | William L. Enyart | Mar 26, 2014 | |
| D-IL | Cheri Bustos | Apr 2, 2014 | |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | Apr 2, 2014 | |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Apr 8, 2014 | |
| R-PA | Lou Barletta | Apr 8, 2014 | |
| R-GA | Lynn A. Westmoreland | Apr 8, 2014 | |
| R-SC | Mark Sanford | Apr 8, 2014 | |
| R-SC | Tom Rice | Apr 8, 2014 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Apr 30, 2014 | |
| D-FL | Joe Garcia | Apr 30, 2014 | |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | Apr 30, 2014 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | May 7, 2014 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | May 22, 2014 | |
| D-OR | Kurt Schrader | May 22, 2014 | |
| R-NE | Lee Terry | Jun 17, 2014 | |
| R-MO | Ann Wagner | Jul 15, 2014 | |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | Jul 15, 2014 | |
| R-MI | Kerry L. Bentivolio | Jul 16, 2014 | |
| R-TX | Louie Gohmert | Jul 16, 2014 | |
| R-TX | Pete Olson | Jul 16, 2014 | |
| R-TX | Sam Johnson | Jul 16, 2014 | |
| R-OK | Markwayne Mullin | Jul 17, 2014 | |
| R-TX | Michael T. McCaul | Jul 17, 2014 | |
| R-MN | Michele Bachmann | Jul 17, 2014 | |
| R-TX | Ted Poe | Jul 18, 2014 | |
| R-TX | Jeb Hensarling | Jul 22, 2014 | |
| R-TX | John Abney Culberson | Jul 22, 2014 | |
| R-TX | Ralph M. Hall | Jul 22, 2014 | |
| R-OH | Bob Gibbs | Jul 23, 2014 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Mar 6, 2014Markup Apr 9, 2014Reported Jul 24, 2014 |
| Aviation Subcommittee | Referred Mar 7, 2014Discharged Apr 9, 2014 | |
| Senate | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Referred Jul 29, 2014 |
Actions 14
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 29, 2014Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- Jul 28, 2014Mr. Shuster moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Jul 28, 2014Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6866-6868)
- Jul 28, 2014DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4156.
- Jul 28, 2014Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6866)
In the Congressional Record 3
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1318 | Henry A. Waxman D-CA | Aug 1, 2014 |
| House | Debate and remarks H6866–H6868Text printed H6866 | Bill Shuster R-PA, Peter A. DeFazio D-OR | Jul 28, 2014 |
| House | Lists H2256H.R. 4156–4184 | — | Mar 6, 2014 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Apr 18, 2014H.R. 4156, Transparent Airfares Act of 2014As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on April 9, 2014
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H2256.
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R43078 | Airline Passenger Rights: The Federal Role in Aviation Consumer Protection Archived | Report | Aug 17, 2016 |
| R43858 | Issues in the Reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in the 114th Congress Archived | Report | Jan 29, 2015 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 49, United States Code, to allow advertisements and solicitations for passenger air transportation to state the base airfare of the transportation, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Transparent Airfares Act of 2014
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Transparent Airfares Act of 2014
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Transparent Airfares Act of 2014
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 29, 2014Referred in Senate
- Jul 28, 2014Engrossed in House
- Jul 24, 2014Reported in House
- Mar 6, 2014Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
