A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to prescribe regulations imposing a fee on air carriers that charge passengers for a first checked bag or a first carry-on bag, and for other purposes.
Fair Airline Industry Revenue Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to prescribe regulations to impose a fee on an air carrier that charges a fee for the first bag checked or the first bag carried on the aircraft by a passenger who purchases a ticket for air transportation for which at least one flight originates at a U.S. airport.
Limits the fee to: (1) $2 per passenger charged for the first checked or carried on bag, or (2) $260 million in the aggregate on all air carriers in a year. Requires such fees to be credited as offsetting collections to the Secretary for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) for aviation security.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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