House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
Hotel Fees Transparency Act of 2025
Official title: To prohibit unfair and deceptive advertising of prices for hotel rooms and other places of short-term lodging, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Young Kim R-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 21, 2025
- Committee actionApr 8, 2025
- Passed HouseApr 28, 2025 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 29, 2025 — Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 60.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1479.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1479, Hotel Fees Transparency Act of 2025” on June 27, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the House of Representatives”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 27, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61520
- CBO publication date
- June 27, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1479, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1479
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-71 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on April 24, 2025.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 24, 2025 ↗
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/71
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1479, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1479
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. KIM, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 35, February 21, 2025, Page H730):Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 21, 2025 ↗
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- 72 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1479, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1479
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
6 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 6 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
André Carson (D-IN), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Russell Fry (R-SC), Craig Goldman (R-TX), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Eugene Vindman (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Young Kim.
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- H.R. 4233 (119th) ARMOR Act
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- H.R. 3351 (119th) Improving Access to Small Business Information Act
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Sponsor’s state and district
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