,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eejb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #ah1      
#bjbe,ms4 ,velzquez introduced the      
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,transportation and   
,infrastructure  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend   
title #di1 ,united ,states ,code1 to    
direct the ,secretary of ,transportation
 to issue regulations to ensure airfare 
fairness in the wake of a disaster or   
emergency1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,airline ,freeze of ,astronomical   
,increases in ,rates ,act or the        
,air,f,a,i,r ,act4  #b4 ,excessive      
aviation ticket price increases during  
disasters  7a7 ,in general ,section     
#dagab of title #di1 ,united ,states    
,code1 is amended by adding at the end  
the following3  7d7 ,excessive ticket   
price increases during disasters  7#a7  
,in general ,it shall be an unfair or   
deceptive practice under subsection 7a7 
for any ticket agent1 air carrier1      

foreign air carrier1 or other person    
offering to sell tickets for air        
transportation to impose an excessive   
increase in the price of such tickets in
 circumstances related to a disaster or 
emergency4  7#b7 ,regulations ,the      
,secretary shall issue regulations to   
establish standards for determining     
whether an increase in a ticket price is
 excessive for purposes of paragraph    
7#a74 ,at a minimum1 the standards shall
 ensure that an increase of #cj percent 
or more is treated as being excessive4  
7#c7 ,definitions ,in this section1 the 
terms disaster or emergency means a     
disaster or emergency as declared by a  
,state1 the ,district of ,columbia1 or a
 territory or possession of the ,united 
,states4  4  7b7 ,unfair ticket pricing 
practices  7#a7 ,study ,the             
,administrator of the ,federal ,aviation
 ,administration shall conduct a study  
on whether any ticket agent1 air        
carrier1 foreign air carrier1 or other  
person offering to sell tickets for air 

transportation has engaged in unfair    
practices in the sale of such tickets in
 circumstances related to a disaster or 
emergency4  7#b7 ,report ,not later than
 #a year after the date of enactment of 
this ,act1 the ,administrator shall     
submit to ,congress a report on the     
results of the study4