I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5830 
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 
JULY 18, 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. GOHMERT, Mr. HALL, 
Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, and Mr. SESSIONS) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure 
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’’. 
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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, and 
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amended by subsection (a), is repealed on the date that 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.—Except for any 
flights operated by any agency of the Federal Government 
or by any air carrier under contract with any agency of 
the Federal Government and except in irregular oper-
ations described in the agreement referred to in section 
5(a), all flights operated to or from Love Field by air car-
riers that lease terminal gate space at Love Field shall 
depart from and arrive at one of those leased gates. 
(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. AGREEMENT OF THE PARTIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Any action taken by the city of 
Dallas, the city of Fort Worth, Southwest Airlines, Amer-
ican Airlines, and the Dallas-Fort Worth International 
Airport Board (referred to in this section as the ‘‘parties’’) 
that is reasonably necessary to implement the provisions 
of the agreement dated July 11, 2006, and entitled ‘‘CON-
TRACT AMONG THE CITY OF DALLAS, THE CITY 
OF FORT WORTH, SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO., 
AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC., AND DFW INTER-
NATIONAL AIRPORT BOARD INCORPORATING 
THE SUBSTANCE OF THE TERMS OF THE JUNE 
15, 2006 JOINT STATEMENT BETWEEN THE PAR-
TIES TO RESOLVE THE ‘WRIGHT AMENDMENT’ 
ISSUES’’, and the agreement, shall be deemed to comply 
in all respects with the parties’ obligations under title 49, 
United States Code, and any competition laws. 
(b) LOVE FIELD GATES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The city of Dallas, Texas, 
shall reduce, as soon as practicable, the number of 
gates available 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. 
(2) PERMISSIBLE AIRPORT COSTS.—Costs asso-
ciated with reduction of gates under paragraph (1) 
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are permissible airport costs and shall not be consid-
ered as revenue diversion. 
(c) GENERAL AVIATION.—Nothing in the agreement 
referred to in subsection (a) and this Act shall affect gen-
eral aviation service at Love Field, including flights to or 
from Love Field by general aviation aircraft for air taxi 
service, private or sport flying, aerial photography, crop 
dusting, corporate aviation, medical evacuation, flight 
training, police or fire fighting, and similar general avia-
tion purposes, or by aircraft operated by any agency of 
the Federal Government or by any air carrier under con-
tract to any agency of the Federal Government. 
(d) ENFORCEMENT.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Secretary of Transportation and the 
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration may 
not make findings or determinations, issue orders or rules, 
withhold airport improvement grants or approvals thereof, 
deny passenger facility charge applications, or take any 
other action, either self-initiated or on behalf of third par-
ties, that is inconsistent with the provisions of the agree-
ment referred to in subsection (a) or that challenges the 
legality of any of its provisions. 
(e) LIMITATIONS ON STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this Act shall be 
construed— 
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