,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cahc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #i1 #bjah
 ,ms4 ,klobuchar introduced the         
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,commerce1 ,science1 and ,transportation
  ,a ,,bill  ,to require large ticket   
agents to adopt minimum customer service
 standards for the purchase of air fares
 and related passenger air              
transportation services4  #a4 ,short    
title  ,this ,act may be cited as the   
,air ,travel ,ticketing ,transparency   
and ,protection ,act4  #b4 ,consumer    
protection requirements relating to     
large ticket agents  7a7 ,in general    
,not later than #ij days after the date 
of enactment of this ,act1 the          
,secretary shall issue a final rule to  
enable and require large ticket agents  
to adopt minimum customer service       
standards4  7b7 ,purpose ,the purpose of
 the final rule shall be for air        
carriers and large ticket agents to     

ensure that1 to the extent practicable1 
there is a consistent level of consumer 
protection regardless of where consumers
 purchase air fares and related         
passenger air transportation services4  
7c7 ,standards ,in issuing the final    
rule1 the ,secretary shall endeavor to  
establish standards consistent with all 
customer service and disclosure         
requirements applicable to air carriers 
under title #di1 ,united ,states ,code1 
and associated regulations in connection
 with the purchase of air fares and     
related passenger air transportation    
services4  7d7 ,definitions ,in this    
section3 7#a7 ,air carrier ,the term air
 carrier means an air carrier or foreign
 air carrier1 as those terms are defined
 in section #djajb7;a7 of title #di1    
,united ,states ,code4  7#b7 ,consumer  
,the term consumer means a person who   
purchases or considers the purchase of  
passenger air transportation services4  
7#c7 ,secretary ,the term ,secretary    
means the ,secretary of ,transportation4

  7#d7 ,ticket agent  7,a7 ,in general  
,subject to subparagraph 7,b71 the term 
ticket agent has the meaning given that 
term in section #djajb7;a7 of title #di1
 ,united ,states ,code4  7,b7 ,inclusion
 ,the term ticket agent includes a      
person who acts as an intermediary      
involved in the sale of passenger air   
transportation directly or indirectly to
 consumers1 including by operating an   
electronic airline information system1  
if the person--  7i7 holds the person   
out as a source of information about1 or
 reservations for1 the passenger air    
transportation industry2 and  7ii7      
receives compensation in any way related
 to the sale of passenger air           
transportation4  7#e7 ,large ticket     
agent ,the term large ticket agent means
 a ticket agent with annual revenues of 
#ajj1jjj1jjj or more4