I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6228 
To amend section 29 of the International Air Transportation Competition 
Act of 1979 relating to air transportation to and from Love Field, Texas. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 28, 2006 
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska (for himself, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. MICA, Ms. EDDIE 
BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. MARCHANT, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. BAR-
TON of Texas, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. EDWARDS, Mr. HALL, Mr. SAM JOHN-
SON of Texas, and Mr. SESSIONS) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend section 29 of the International Air Transportation 
Competition Act of 1979 relating to air transportation 
to and from Love Field, Texas. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Wright Amendment 
Reform Act of 2006’’. 
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SEC. 
2. 
MODIFICATION 
OF 
PROVISIONS 
REGARDING 
FLIGHTS TO AND FROM LOVE FIELD, TEXAS. 
(a) EXPANDED SERVICE.—Section 29(c) of the Inter-
national Air Transportation Competition Act of 1979 
(Public Law 96–192; 94 Stat. 35) is amended by striking 
‘‘carrier, if (1)’’ and all that follows and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘carrier. Air carriers and, with regard to foreign 
air transportation, foreign air carriers, may offer for sale 
and provide through service and ticketing to or from Love 
Field, Texas, and any United States or foreign destination 
through any point within Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, 
Kansas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, or 
Alabama.’’. 
(b) REPEAL.—Section 29 of the International Air 
Transportation Competition Act of 1979 (94 Stat. 35), as 
amended by subsection (a), is repealed on the date that 
is 8 years after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 
3. 
TREATMENT 
OF 
INTERNATIONAL 
NONSTOP 
FLIGHTS TO AND FROM LOVE FIELD, TEXAS. 
No person shall provide, or offer to provide, air trans-
portation of passengers for compensation or hire between 
Love Field, Texas, and any point or points outside the 
50 States or the District of Columbia on a nonstop basis, 
and no official or employee of the Federal Government 
may take any action to make or designate Love Field as 
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an initial point of entry into the United States or a last 
point of departure from the United States. 
SEC. 4. CHARTER FLIGHTS AT LOVE FIELD, TEXAS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Charter flights (as defined in sec-
tion 212.2 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations) at 
Love Field, Texas, shall be limited to— 
(1) destinations within the 50 States and the 
District of Columbia; and 
(2) no more than 10 per month per air carrier 
for charter flights beyond the States of Texas, New 
Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas, Louisiana, 
Mississippi, Missouri, and Alabama. 
(b) CARRIERS WHO LEASE GATES.—All flights oper-
ated to or from Love Field by air carriers that lease ter-
minal gate space at Love Field shall depart from and ar-
rive at one of those leased gates; except for— 
(1) flights operated by an agency of the Federal 
Government or by an air carrier under contract with 
an agency of the Federal Government; and 
(2) irregular operations. 
(c) CARRIERS WHO DO NOT LEASE GATES.—Char-
ter flights from Love Field, Texas, operated by air carriers 
that do not lease terminal space at Love Field may operate 
from nonterminal facilities or one of the terminal gates 
at Love Field. 
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SEC. 5. LOVE FIELD GATES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The city of Dallas, Texas, shall 
reduce as soon as practicable, the number of gates avail-
able for passenger air service at Love Field to no more 
than 20 gates. Thereafter, the number of gates available 
for such service shall not exceed a maximum of 20 gates. 
The city of Dallas, pursuant to its authority to operate 
and regulate the airport as granted under chapter 22 of 
the Texas Transportation Code and this Act, shall deter-
mine the allocation of leased gates and manage Love Field 
in accordance with contractual rights and obligations ex-
isting as of the effective date of this Act for certificated 
air carriers providing scheduled passenger service at Love 
Field on July 11, 2006. To accommodate new entrant air 
carriers, the city of Dallas shall honor the scarce resource 
provision of the existing Love Field leases. 
(b) REMOVAL OF GATES AT LOVE FIELD.—No Fed-
eral funds or passenger facility charges may be used to 
remove gates at the Lemmon Avenue facility, Love Field, 
in reducing the number of gates as required under this 
Act, but Federal funds or passenger facility charges may 
be used for other airport facilities under chapter 471 of 
title 49, United States Code. 
(c) GENERAL AVIATION.—Nothing in this Act shall 
affect general aviation service at Love Field, including 
flights to or from Love Field by general aviation aircraft 
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for air taxi service, private or sport flying, aerial photog-
raphy, crop dusting, corporate aviation, medical evacu-
ation, flight training, police or fire fighting, and similar 
general aviation purposes, or by aircraft operated by any 
agency of the Federal Government or by any air carrier 
under contract to any agency of the Federal Government. 
(d) ENFORCEMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Secretary of Transportation 
and the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration may not make findings or determina-
tions, issue orders or rules, withhold airport im-
provement grants or approvals thereof, deny pas-
senger facility charge applications, or take any other 
actions, either self-initiated or on behalf of third 
parties— 
(A) that are inconsistent with the contract 
dated July 11, 2006, entered into by the city of 
Dallas, the city of Fort Worth, the DFW Inter-
national Airport Board, and others regarding 
the resolution of the Wright Amendment issues, 
unless actions by the parties to the contract are 
not reasonably necessary to implement such 
contract; or 
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(B) that challenge the legality of any pro-
vision of such contract. 
(2) COMPLIANCE
WITH
TITLE
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—A contract described in paragraph (1)(A) 
of this subsection, and any actions taken by the par-
ties to such contract that are reasonably necessary 
to implement its provisions, shall be deemed to com-
ply in all respects with the parties’ obligations under 
title 49, United States Code. 
(e) LIMITATION ON STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this Act shall be 
construed— 
(A) to limit the obligations of the parties 
under the programs of the Department of 
Transportation and the Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration relating to aviation safety, labor, 
environmental, national historic preservation, 
civil rights, small business concerns (including 
disadvantaged business enterprise), veteran’s 
preference, disability access, and revenue diver-
sion; 
(B) to limit the authority of the Depart-
ment of Transportation or the Federal Aviation 
Administration to enforce the obligations of the 
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parties under the programs described in sub-
paragraph (A); 
(C) to limit the obligations of the parties 
under the security programs of the Department 
of Homeland Security, including the Transpor-
tation Security Administration, at Love Field, 
Texas; 
(D) to authorize the parties to offer mar-
keting incentives that are in violation of Fed-
eral law, rules, orders, agreements, and other 
requirements; or 
(E) to limit the authority of the Federal 
Aviation Administration or any other Federal 
agency to enforce requirements of law and 
grant assurances (including subsections (a)(1), 
(a)(4), and (s) of section 47107 of title 49, 
United States Code) that impose obligations on 
Love Field to make its facilities available on a 
reasonable and nondiscriminatory basis to air 
carriers seeking to use such facilities, or to 
withhold grants or deny applications to appli-
cants violating such obligations with respect to 
Love Field. 
(2) FACILITIES.—Paragraph (1)(E)— 
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(A) shall only apply with respect to facili-
ties that remain at Love Field after the city of 
Dallas has reduced the number of gates at Love 
Field as required by subsection (a); and 
(B) shall not be construed to require the 
city of Dallas, Texas— 
(i) to construct additional gates be-
yond the 20 gates referred to in subsection 
(a); or 
(ii) to modify or eliminate preferential 
gate leases with air carriers in order to al-
locate gate capacity to new entrants or to 
create common use gates, unless such 
modification or elimination is implemented 
on a nationwide basis. 
SEC. 6. APPLICABILITY. 
The provisions of this Act shall apply to actions taken 
with respect to Love Field, Texas, or air transportation 
to or from Love Field, Texas, and shall have no applica-
tion to any other airport (other than an airport owned or 
operated by the city of Dallas or the city of Fort Worth, 
or both). 
SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
Sections 1 through 6, including the amendments 
made by such sections, shall take effect on the date that 
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the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration 
notifies Congress that aviation operations in the airspace 
serving Love Field and the Dallas-Fort Worth area which 
are likely to be conducted after enactment of this Act can 
be accommodated in full compliance with Federal Aviation 
Administration safety standards in accordance with sec-
tion 40101 of title 49, United States Code, and, based 
on current expectations, without adverse effect on use of 
airspace in such area. 
Æ 
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