,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bijh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november #bj1 
#bjai,mr4 ,markey 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,blumenthal1 ,mr4 ,whitehouse1 and ,mr4 
,wyden7 introduced the following bill2  
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,commerce1 ,science1 and 
,transportation  ,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit
 air carriers from imposing fees that   
are not reasonable and proportional to  
the costs incurred by the air carriers1 
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,forbid ,airlines from ,imposing        
,ridiculous ,fees ,act of #bjai or the  
,,fair ,fees ,act4  #b4 ,regulations    
prohibiting the imposition of fees that 
are not reasonable and proportional to  
the costs incurred  7a7 ,in general ,not
 later than #bgj days after the date of 
the enactment of this ,act1 the         
,secretary of ,transportation shall     
prescribe regulations--  7#a7           
prohibiting an air carrier from imposing

 fees described in subsection 7b7 that  
are unreasonable or disproportional to  
the costs incurred by the air carrier2  
and  7#b7 establishing standards for    
assessing whether such fees are         
reasonable and proportional to the costs
 incurred by the air carrier4  7b7 ,fees
 described ,the fees described in this  
subsection are-- 7#a7 any fee for a     
change or cancellation of a reservation 
for a flight in interstate air          
transportation2  7#b7 any fee relating  
to checked baggage to be transported on 
a flight in interstate air              
transportation2 and  7#c7 any other fee 
imposed by an air carrier relating to a 
flight in interstate air transportation4
  7c7 ,considerations ,in establishing  
the standards required by subsection    
7a77#b71 the ,secretary shall consider--
  7#a7 with respect to a fee described  
in subsection 7b77#a7 imposed by an air 
carrier for a change or cancellation of 
a flight reservation--  7,a7 any net    
benefit or cost to the air carrier from 

the change or cancellation1 taking into 
consideration--  7i7 the ability of the 
air carrier to anticipate the expected  
average number of cancellations and     
changes and make reservations           
accordingly2  7ii7 the ability of the   
air carrier to fill a seat made         
available by a change or cancellation2  
7iii7 any difference in the fare likely 
to be paid for a ticket sold to another 
passenger for a seat made available by  
the change or cancellation1 as compared 
to the fare paid by the passenger who   
changed or canceled the passenger's     
reservation2 and  7iv7 the likelihood   
that the passenger changing or canceling
 the passenger's reservation will fill a
 seat on another flight by the same air 
carrier2  7,b7 the costs of processing  
the change or cancellation              
electronically2 and  7,c7 any related   
labor costs2  7#b7 with respect to a fee
 described in subsection 7b77#b7 imposed
 by an air carrier relating to checked  
baggage--  7,a7 the costs of processing 

checked baggage electronically2 and     
7,b7 any related labor costs2 and  7#c7 
any other considerations the ,secretary 
considers appropriate4  7d7 ,updated    
regulations ,the ,secretary shall update
 the standards required by subsection   
7a77#b7 not less frequently than every  
#c years4  7e7 ,definitions ,in this    
section3 7#a7 ,air carrier ,the term air
 carrier means any air carrier that     
holds an air carrier certificate under  
section #daaja of title #di1 ,united    
,states ,code4  7#b7 ,interstate air    
transportation ,the term interstate air 
transportation has the meaning given    
that term in section #djajb of title    
#di1 ,united ,states ,code4