One-bag, carry-on, light travel tips, techniques, and gear

Two US senators have introduced a bill to ban carry-on bag fees and clarify à la carte fee schemes.

Cardin and Landrieu’s “Free of Fees for Carry-On Act” would require airlines to:

Not charge fees for carry-on bags that fall within their set rules on size, weight and number of bags;
Make detailed information about the weight, size and number of carry-on bags allowed available to passengers before they arrive at the airport for a scheduled flight;
Provide a public list of all passenger fees and charges, including ones for checked, oversize or heavy bags; food and drink; exit row seats and other preferred seats within a class; buying tickets from an airline ticket agent or a travel agency. - Seattle Post-Intelligencer

I don’t know whether to be happy or sad about this. The intent is good. On the other hand, this is one more frontier of ineptitude and inefficiency for our growing-like-Topsy federal government.