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H.R. 4156: Transparent Airfares Act of 2014

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H.R. 4156: Transparent Airfares Act of 2014

113th Congress · introduced 2014-03-06 · Transportation and Public Works · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2014-03-06 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Shuster, Bill [R-PA-9] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Transparent Airfares Act of 2014

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Transparent Airfares Act of 2014 - Declares that it shall not be an unfair or deceptive practice for an air carrier or other covered entity to state the base airfare in an advertisement or solicitation for passenger air transportation if it clearly and separately discloses: (1) the government-imposed taxes and fees for the air transportation, and (2) its total cost. Defines "base airfare" to mean the cost of passenger air transportation, excluding government-imposed taxes and fees. Defines "covered entity" as an air carrier, including an indirect air carrier, foreign carrier, ticket agent, or other person offering to sell tickets for passenger air transportation or a tour or tour component that must be purchased with air transportation.

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Official text

Transparent Airfares Act of 2014

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House without amendment)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Shuster, Bill [R-PA-9] · 50 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Rick Larsen (D-WA), Roger Williams (R-TX), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), John B. Larson (D-CT), Dina Titus (D-NV), Marc A. Veasey (D-TX), André Carson (D-IN), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Ann Wagner (R-MO), Michael T. McCaul (R-TX)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong113-hr4156 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113