119th Congress Commerce
H.R. 1479: Hotel Fees Transparency Act of 2025
Passed House
- Introduced (completed)
- Passed House (completed)
- Passed Senate (not reached)
- To the President (not reached)
- Became law (not reached)
Summary
This bill requires providers of short-term lodging (e.g., hotels, short-term rentals, and third-party online sellers) to include certain price information when displaying, advertising, or marketing reservations for lodging.
Specifically, such providers must (1) display the total services price, including the base price and any service fees, if a price is displayed in an advertisement. marketing material, or a price list; (2) disclose the total services price at the time the services are first displayed to an individual seeking to purchase such services and anytime thereafter during the purchasing process; and (3) disclose, prior to the final purchase, any tax, fee, or assessment imposed by any government entity (or quasi-government entity) on the sale of such services.
The bill provides for enforcement by the Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general (or other authorized state officials).
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Kathy Castor D-FLOriginal
- Russell Fry R-SCOriginal
- Kevin Mullin D-CAOriginal
- Craig Goldman R-TX
- Eugene Vindman D-VA
- André Carson D-IN
Who scored on this bill
- 1Young Kim SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced, marked up, reported, passed House5 events+68
- 2André CarsonCosponsored; cosponsored bill passed2 events+4
- 2Kathy CastorCosponsored; cosponsored bill passed2 events+4
- 2Russell FryCosponsored; cosponsored bill passed2 events+4
- 2Craig GoldmanCosponsored; cosponsored bill passed2 events+4
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History
- Passed the House by voice vote.
- Introduced in the House by Young Kim.
Show the full action history (13 actions)
- Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 60.
- Mr. Bilirakis moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1647-1650)
- DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1479.
- Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1647-1649)
- On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1647-1649)
- Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-71.
- Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 48.
- Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Introduced in House
- Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.