This Senate bill would prohibit air carriers from imposing fees that are not reasonable and proportional to the costs incurred by the air carriers. The bill was introduced in the Senate on 2026-09-22, read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Sponsors listed on the bill are Senators Edward Markey, Elizabeth Warren, Jeff Merkley, Richard Blumenthal, Ruben Gallego, Ron Wyden, Bernie Sanders, and Sheldon Whitehouse. No publicly available information on the bill text is provided here, so details such as definitions, covered fees, enforcement, penalties, or effective dates are not available.
If passed, the bill would aim to limit airline fees to amounts that are tied to the costs the carrier actually incurs. Which specific fees would change, how companies must show costs, and how travelers would be affected are not described in the publicly available material.
No publicly available information on estimated costs, budget effects, or economic impacts is included in the available bill metadata.
The bill lists the following sponsors: Edward Markey, Elizabeth Warren, Jeff Merkley, Richard Blumenthal, Ruben Gallego, Ron Wyden, Bernie Sanders, and Sheldon Whitehouse. No publicly available statements or text in the provided material describe the sponsors' stated reasons or arguments.
No publicly available information on opposition views, formal objections, or counterarguments is included in the provided material.