S.Amdt. 3797

SA 3797. Mr. SASSE 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.

Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this
Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall submit
recommendations to Congress with respect to the feasibility
and advisability of requiring a covered air carrier to
promptly provide an automatic refund to a passenger in the
amount of any applicable ancillary fees paid if the covered
air carrier has charged the passenger an ancillary fee for
checked baggage but the covered air carrier fails to deliver
the checked baggage to the passenger not later than 6 to 12
hours after the arrival of a domestic flight or 12 to 24
hours after the arrival of an international flight.

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