United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 4742 (105th)
Aviation Consumer Right To Know Act of 1998
Introduced
8 October 1998
Last action
9 October 1998 · Introduced
Status
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1975)
Sponsors
Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4], Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT], Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
Subjects
Transport, Aviation
Source updated
21 August 2025
Summary
Aviation Consumer Right To Know Act of 1998 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to begin implementation of the requirements contained in the notice of proposed rulemaking of the Department of Transportation, dated August 10, 1994, regarding the disclosure of code-sharing arrangements and long-term wet leases. Requires the Secretary to modify such requirements to ensure that written notice of a code-sharing arrangement or long-term wet lease is provided on ticket stock and any accompanying itinerary. Directs the Secretary to conduct a rulemaking proceeding to require: (1) a ticket agent for air transportation to disclose verbally to a prospective air ticket buyer the commissions paid to the ticket agent by all air carriers serving the markets of interest to the prospective consumer; (2) each air carrier to keep records and publish statistics concerning the possibility of redeeming frequent flyer benefits offered by the air carrier for air transportation between any of its city-pair markets; and (3) each air carrier to publish on the Internet, and update every 24 hours, the available fares for air transportation it offers on each flight scheduled for departure.
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Timeline
8 October 1998
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Source: IntroReferral
8 October 1998
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
8 October 1998
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
9 October 1998
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1975)
Source: IntroReferral
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Versions
- Introduced in House · 8 October 1998 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] · I · Sponsor
- Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] · D · Sponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4742
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/4742
- us · 105-hr-4742 · source updated 21 August 2025