American Right to Fly Act

American Right to Fly Act - Amends the International Air Transportation Competition Act of 1979 to add specified states to the number for which air transportation is authorized between Love Field, Texas, and one or points within such states. Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed as altering or preempting any valid exercise of proprietary powers contained in a lawfully adopted Airport Master Plan for Dallas Love Field.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1424 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1424

  To remove the restrictions on commercial air service at Love Field, 
                                 Texas.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 19, 2005

Mr. Ensign (for himself, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. McCain, and Mr. Brownback) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
           Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
  To remove the restrictions on commercial air service at Love Field, 
                                 Texas.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``American Right to Fly Act''.

SEC. 2. REMOVAL OF CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS.

    (a) In General.--The first sentence of section 29(c) of the 
International Air Transportation Competition Act of 1979 (Public Law 
96-192; 94 Stat. 48) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``, if (1)'' and all that follows to the 
        end period; and
            (2) by inserting ``Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, 
        Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, 
        Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, 
        Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, 
        Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North 
        Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto 
        Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, 
        Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, 
        Wyoming,'' before ``and Texas''.
    (b) Effect on Master Plan.--Nothing in this section or the 
amendments made by this section shall be construed as altering or 
preempting any otherwise valid exercise of proprietary powers contained 
in a lawfully adopted Airport Master Plan for Dallas Love Field.
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