H.R. 1479 · 119th Congress

Hotel Fees Transparency Act of 2025

Introduced on Feb 21, 2025 by Young Kim (R-CA-40). 6 cosponsors, 4 of them from another party. Latest action (Apr 29, 2025): Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 60.

Stage
Passed one chamber
Introduced
Feb 21, 2025
Cosponsors
6
4 from the other party
Policy area
Commerce
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To prohibit unfair and deceptive advertising of prices for hotel rooms and other places of short-term lodging, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Civil actions and liability
  • Consumer affairs
  • Inflation and prices
  • Internet, web applications, social media
  • Landlord and tenant
  • Marketing and advertising
  • Service industries
  • User charges and fees

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Feb 21, 2025). Public domain.

Hotel Fees Transparency Act of 2025

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).

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Young KimR-CA-40Sponsor

Democrats · 4

Republicans · 2

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Feb 21, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Feb 21, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Feb 21, 2025 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  4. Apr 8, 2025 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  5. Apr 8, 2025 · HouseOrdered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
  6. Apr 24, 2025Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-71.
  7. Apr 24, 2025 · HouseReported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-71.
  8. Apr 24, 2025 · HousePlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 48.
  9. Apr 28, 2025 · HouseMr. Bilirakis moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
  10. Apr 28, 2025 · HouseConsidered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1647-1650)
  11. Apr 28, 2025 · HouseDEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1479.
  12. Apr 28, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1647-1649)
  13. Apr 28, 2025 · HouseOn motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1647-1649)
  14. Apr 28, 2025 · HouseMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  15. Apr 29, 2025 · SenateReceived in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 60.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. AMERICAN HOTEL AND LODGING ASSOCIATION20 reports
    $4.6M reported (all issues)
  2. Booking Holdings Inc.15 reports
    $1.6M reported (all issues)
  3. TRIPADVISOR LLC12 reports
    $620K reported (all issues)
  4. NEBRASKA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION6 reports
  5. SIX CONTINENTS HOTELS, INC.6 reports
    $1.6M reported (all issues)
  6. Travel Management Coalition6 reports
    $250K reported (all issues)
  7. U.S. TRAVEL ASSOCIATION6 reports
    $5.4M reported (all issues)
  8. WYNDHAM HOTELS & RESORTS, INC.6 reports
    $180K reported (all issues)
  9. SABRE GLBL INC.5 reports
    $440K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: SABRE GLBL INC$126.4K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  10. AARP4 reports
    $17.1M reported (all issues)
  11. AIRBNB INC.4 reports
    $1.1M reported (all issues)
  12. HILTON WORLDWIDE4 reports
    $940K reported (all issues)
  13. JPMORGAN CHASE HOLDINGS LLC4 reports
    $4.5M reported (all issues)
  14. Loews Hotels Holding Corporation4 reports
    $80K reported (all issues)
  15. Travel Tech: The Travel Technology Association4 reports
    $409K reported (all issues)
  16. ASSOCIATION OF NATIONAL ADVERTISERS, INC.1 report
  17. Expedia Group1 report
  18. Six Continents Hotels, Inc. d/b/a IHG Hotels & Resorts1 report
    $80K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 8, 2026 · loaded Oct 8, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.