To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide for the restoration of air service to communities served by an airport that received scheduled air transportation as of December 31, 2007, but no longer receives such service.

Revises requirements for the small community air service development progam to improve air service to underserved airports.

Requires the Secretary of Transportation to give program priority to a community or consortium of communities that received scheduled air service from an airport as of December 31, 2007, but no longer receives such service.

Treats as eligible airport development activities those related to air service development, including marketing, revenue guarantees, and subsidies.

[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[H.R. 7156 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7156

 To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide for the restoration 
   of air service to communities served by an airport that received 
  scheduled air transportation as of December 31, 2007, but no longer 
                         receives such service.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 26, 2008

    Mr. Mahoney of Florida introduced the following bill; which was 
     referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide for the restoration 
   of air service to communities served by an airport that received 
  scheduled air transportation as of December 31, 2007, but no longer 
                         receives such service.

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

SECTION 1. SMALL COMMUNITY AIR SERVICE.

    (a) Eligible Place Defined.--Section 41731(a)(1) of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``or'' at the end of subparagraph (A);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (B) 
        and inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) received scheduled air transportation as of 
                December 31, 2007.''.
    (b) Small Community Air Service Improvement Program.--Section 
41743(c)(5) of such title is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (D);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (E) 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(E) the community or consortium was served by an 
                airport that received scheduled air transportation as 
                of December 31, 2007, but no longer receives such 
                service.''.
    (c) Airport Improvement Program Eligibility.--Section 47102(3) of 
such title is amended by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(M) air service development activities, including 
                marketing, revenue guarantees, and subsidies, for an 
                airport that received scheduled air transportation as 
                of December 31, 2007, but no longer receives such 
                service.''.
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