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The Honorable Bryan Hughes 

Texas House ofRepresentatives 

Austin, Texas 78701 

Dear Mr. Hughes: 

Assistant Secretory'· 

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Washington, DC 20590 

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Thank you for your letter of July 31, addressed to Secretary Foxx, supporting the proposal 

submitted by the Tyler Pounds Regional Airport for a grant under the U.S. Department of 

Transportation's Small Community Air Service Development Program. Secretary Foxx asked 

that I respond to you on his behalf. 

The Small Community Air Service Development Program was established to help smaller 

communities address air service deficiencies, particularly issues related to high airfares or 

insufficient service. Under the statute, the Department may make a maximum of 40 grant 

awards each year, although no more than four awards may be to communities in the same State. 

In order to provide communities with latitude in developing solutions to their air service 

deficiencies, the statute provides flexibility in the types of projects that can be funded. 

On June 24, the Department issued an order requesting that communities interested in receiving a 

grant this year file their applications by July 26. As these grant requests are pending before the 

Department, I cannot comment on the merits of any particular proposal. I assure you that the 

Department will give full and fair consideration to all proposals that have been properly filed. 

As is our standard practice, I am placing a copy of your letter and this response in Docket 

DOT-OST-2013-0120 as a contact outside the record of this matter. I appreciate your interest in 

this program. 

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Hon. Anthony Foxx 

BRYAN HUGHES 

July 31,2013 

United States Department of Transportation 

1200 New Jersey Avenue Southeast 

Washington, D.C. 20590 

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Dear Secretary Foxx: 

I write to offer my strong support of Tyler Pounds Regional Airport's grant 

application through the Small Community Air Service Deve1opment Pilot Program. 

Northeast Texas, including House District Five, greatly benefits from the services Tyler 

Pounds provides. 

Northeast Texas is a very rural area of the state, and many ofits citizens requiring 

nearby air travel rely heavily on Tyler Pounds Regional Airport. This grant wou1d go a 

long way to help achieve the goals of enhancing air service in East Texas by continuing 

to adequately meet the demand of its services, attract new business to the area, and 

increase economic development opportunities for thousands of Texans. 

I hope you will favorably consider Tyler Pounds Regional Airport's application. 

!f you have any questions, or if I can be of any help to you, please7 me know. 

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