H.R. 6523, Traveler Reimbursements Underscore Equity Act of 2020
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H. R. 6523, the TRUE Act of 2020, was introduced April 17, 2020 by Smith of New Jersey (for himself and Sires) and referred to the Committee on Financial Services. It is a bill to ensure that an individual who has purchased an airline ticket through an air carrier or a third party is reimbursed during the covered emergency period. It adds a requirement under section 4114 of the CARES Act that, to qualify for a loan under section 4003 or a grant under section 4113, an air carrier certify that it will reimburse a consumer for a canceled flight not later than 30 days after enactment or the cancellation, whichever is later. Paragraph (1) does not apply to a passenger reimbursed by the third party or through travel protection insurance.
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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 6523
To ensure that an individual who has purchased an airline ticket through
an air carrier or a third party is reimbursed during the covered emer-
gency period.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 17, 2020
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself and Mr. SIRES) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services
A BILL
To ensure that an individual who has purchased an airline
ticket through an air carrier or a third party is reim-
bursed during the covered emergency period.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Traveler Reimburse-
5 ments Underscore Equity Act of 2020’’ or the ‘‘TRUE
6 Act of 2020’’.
7 SEC. 2. REIMBURSEMENT FOR A CANCELED FLIGHT.
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8 Section 4114 of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–
9 136) is amended by adding at the end the following:
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1 ‘‘(c) REIMBURSEMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR CAN-
2 CELED FLIGHTS.—
3 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For an air carrier to qual-
4 ify to receive a loan under section 4003 or a grant
5 under section 4113, the air carrier shall certify to
6 the Secretary that the air carrier will reimburse a
7 consumer for a canceled flight, not later than 30
8 days after the date of enactment of this subsection
9 or the cancellation of such flight whichever is later,
10 the amount paid to the air carrier by the consumer
11 or by a third party for a flight canceled by the air
12 carrier or canceled by the consumer during the cov-
13 ered emergency period as defined in section 12003.
14 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTIONS.—Paragraph (1) shall not
15 apply in the case of a passenger who was reimbursed
16 by the third party or through travel protection insur-
17 ance.’’.
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