S.Amdt. 3598

SA 3598. Mr. INHOFE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 3464 submitted by Mr. Thune (for himself and Mr. Nelson)
to the bill H.R. 636, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to
permanently extend increased expensing limitations, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

Strike section 3109 and insert the following:

SEC. 3109. REFUNDS FOR DELAYED BAGGAGE.

(a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation
shall issue final regulations to require a covered air
carrier to promptly provide a refund to a passenger, upon
request, in the amount of any applicable ancillary fees paid
by the passenger if the air carrier has charged the passenger
an ancillary fee for checked baggage and, except as provided
in subsection (b), the air carrier fails to deliver the
checked baggage to the passenger within 24 hours of the time
of arrival of the passenger at the passenger's destination.
(b) Exception.--An air carrier is not required to provide a
refund under subsection (a) with respect to checked baggage
if the air carrier is prevented from delivering checked
baggage by the time specified in subsection (a) by
extraordinary circumstances that could not have been avoided
by the air carrier even if all reasonable measures had been
taken.
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