# 119-s-3367: Junk Fee Prevention Act

119-s-3367, Junk Fee Prevention Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] (D-CT); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-10).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-3367
- Congress: 119
- Title: Junk Fee Prevention Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-12-04
- Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] (D-CT)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Commerce
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-10

## Summary

**This bill would create a federal framework to boost transparency and cap deceptive "junk" fees, with a focus on clear total prices and limits on mandatory charges.** It would pair new disclosure rules with agency rulemaking and enforcement to target fees across consumer services, communications, and air travel. - Consumers and ticket buyers would see total prices up front and stronger limits on excessive or deceptive mandatory fees. The bill would add ticketing rules that ban ticket holdbacks and speculative sales and require refunds that match the full ticket cost. - Phone, broadband, and pay-TV customers would get clearer billing and protections. The bill would end certain early termination fees, require prorated credits on cancellations, force truth-in-billing for promotions, and direct the Federal Communications Commission to start rulemaking within 180 days. - Air travelers and regulators would get more data on ancillary fees. Air carriers would file quarterly reports to the Department of Transportation on ancillary revenue, broken down by service and class of travel, and DOT would publish consolidated comparisons.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ] (D-AZ), 2025-12-04T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- New fee rules for communications services: benefit, high. If enacted, providers of internet, voice, mobile, and pay-TV distribution would have to follow the mandatory-fee and total-price rules. Covered services would include broadband, voice, commercial mobile, commercial mobile data, MVPD services, and bundled offerings. The Federal Communications Commis…
- Upfront full price and ticket protections: benefit, high. If enacted, sellers would have to show the total price — advertised price plus all mandatory fees and government charges — when a price is first shown and in advertisements. Mandatory fees shown at sale could not change from the advertised amount. Sellers would have to disclose refund and guarantee…
- Quarterly reporting of airline fees: benefit, high. If enacted, any air carrier operating in the United States would have to file quarterly reports with DOT on total ancillary fee revenue. Reports would give exact dollar totals, break down revenue by each critical ancillary service and by class of service, say whether fees were included in the base…

## Related bills

- 119-s-2838: Protecting Our Democracy Act
- 119-s-5283: Momnibus Act
- 119-s-5238: For Our Republic Act
- 119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026
- 119-s-2823: FAMILY Act
- 119-s-2763: Keep Billionaires Out of Social Security Act

## Sources
- [119-s-3367 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3367)

## Related
- [119-s-2838: Protecting Our Democracy Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2838)
- [119-s-5283: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5283)
- [119-s-5238: For Our Republic Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5238)
- [119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3990)
- [119-s-2823: FAMILY Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2823)
- [119-s-2763: Keep Billionaires Out of Social Security Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2763)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3367 (as of 2026-09-10).