{"format":1,"id":"118-hr-6543","congress":118,"number":"H.R. 6543","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"No Hidden FEES Act of 2023","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To prohibit unfair and deceptive advertising of prices for hotel rooms and other places of short-term lodging, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To prohibit unfair and deceptive advertising of prices for hotel rooms and other places of short-term lodging, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"No Hidden FEES Act of 2023"},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"No Hidden Fees on Extra Expenses for Stays Act of 2023"},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"No Hidden FEES Act of 2023"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"No Hidden FEES Act of 2023"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"No Hidden Fees on Extra Expenses for Stays Act 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display individual components of the total price, including any fee or tax, if the total price is clearly and conspicuously disclosed to the consumer.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6543/text/eh#H0649B5F10DB54B3E987CA1992750D908"}},{"text":"Treats a violation of the price-advertising prohibition as a violation of a Federal Trade Commission rule on unfair or deceptive acts or practices, enforced by the Commission under the Federal Trade Commission Act.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6543/text/eh#HD00344254F734FFAB2EA4D90678DEA02"}},{"text":"Lets a State's attorney general or other State official or agency bring a civil action in federal district court over a violation, with written notice to the Commission and a right for the Commission to intervene.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 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House","date":"2024-06-11","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6543/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-01","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6543","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6543/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hr-6543.png","v":"c68e8f35a675","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 6543, 118th Congress: No Hidden FEES Act of 2023. House: 384 Yea, 25 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 11 Jun 2024."}}