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Union Calendar No. 395 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5830 
[Report No. 109–600, Parts I and II] 
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 
JULY 26, 2006 
Reported and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary for a period ending 
not later than September 15, 2006, for consideration of such provisions 
of the bill as fall within the jurisdiction of that committee pursuant to 
clause 1(l), rule X 
SEPTEMBER 15, 2006 
Additional sponsors: Mr. POE, Mr. CULBERSON, Mr. PAUL, Mr. GONZALEZ, 
Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. REYES, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, 
Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. PASTOR, Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California, and Mr. 
TIBERI 
SEPTEMBER 15, 2006 
Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary with an amendment; com-
mitted to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
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[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
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’’. 
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.’’. 
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(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 
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. 
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(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. 
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 
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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) 
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 
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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— 
(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; 
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(B) to limit the authority of the Depart-
ment of Transportation or the Federal Aviation 
Administration to enforce the obligations of the 
parties under the programs described in sub-
paragraph (A); 
(C) to limit the obligations of the parties 
under the aviation security programs of the De-
partment of Homeland Security and the Trans-
portation
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-
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cants violating such obligations with respect to 
Love Field. 
(2) FACILITIES.—Paragraph (1)(E)— 
(A) shall only apply with respect to facili-
ties that remain at Love Field after implemen-
tation of subsection (b); 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 
(b); or 
(ii) to modify or eliminate preferential 
leases with air carriers in order to allocate 
gate capacity to new entrants or to create 
common use gates, unless such modifica-
tion or elimination is implemented on a na-
tionwide basis. 
SEC. 6. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REVIEW. 
The Department of Transportation shall have exclu-
sive authority to review actions taken under this Act (in-
cluding the agreement referred to in section 5(a)), and ac-
tions taken to implement the agreement, with respect to 
all provisions of title 49, United States Code, and with 
respect to any Federal competition laws not included in 
such title that may otherwise apply. 
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SEC. 7. APPLICABILITY. 
The provisions of this Act shall apply only to actions 
taken by the parties to the agreement referred to in sec-
tion 5(a) of this Act at Love Field, Texas, and shall have 
no application to any other airport (other than an airport 
owned or operated by the city of Dallas or the city of Fort 
Worth, Texas, or both). 
SEC. 8. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
Sections 1 through 7 and the amendments made by 
such sections shall take effect on the date that the Admin-
istrator of the Federal Aviation Administration notifies 
Congress that aviation operations in the airspace serving 
Love Field and the Dallas-Fort Worth area, Texas, occur-
ring as a result of the agreement referred to in section 
5(a) and this Act can be accommodated in full compliance 
with Federal Aviation Administration safety standards in 
accordance with section 40101 of title 49, United States 
Code, and, based on current expectations, without adverse 
effect on use of airspace in such area. 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Wright Amendment Re-
form Act’’. 
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 (Pub-
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lic Law 96–192; 94 Stat. 35) is amended by striking ‘‘car-
rier, if (1)’’ and all that follows and inserting the following: 
‘‘carrier. Air carriers and, with regard to foreign air trans-
portation, foreign air carriers, may offer for sale and pro-
vide 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 an initial 
point of entry into the United States or a last point of de-
parture from the United States. 
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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 operations 
described in the agreement referred to in section 5(a), all 
flights operated to or from Love Field by air carriers 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.—Charter 
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. 
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-
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ican Airlines, and the Dallas-Fort Worth International Air-
port 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 ‘‘CONTRACT 
AMONG THE CITY OF DALLAS, THE CITY OF FORT 
WORTH, SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO., AMERICAN 
AIRLINES, INC., AND DFW INTERNATIONAL AIR-
PORT BOARD INCORPORATING THE SUBSTANCE 
OF THE TERMS OF THE JUNE 15, 2006 JOINT 
STATEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES TO RE-
SOLVE 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. 
(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 associ-
ated with reduction of gates under paragraph (1) are 
permissible airport costs and shall not be considered 
as revenue diversion. 
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(c) GENERAL AVIATION.—Nothing in the agreement re-
ferred to in subsection (a) and this Act shall affect general 
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, po-
lice or fire fighting, and similar general aviation purposes, 
or by aircraft operated by any agency of the Federal Gov-
ernment or by any air carrier under contract to any agency 
of the Federal Government. 
(d) ENFORCEMENT.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, the Secretary of Transportation and the Ad-
ministrator 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 le-
gality of any of its provisions. 
(e) LIMITATIONS 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 Trans-
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portation and the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion relating to aviation safety, labor, environ-
mental, national historic preservation, civil 
rights, small business concerns (including dis-
advantaged business enterprise), veteran’s pref-
erence, disability access, and revenue diversion; 
(B) to limit the authority of the Depart-
ment of Transportation or the Federal Aviation 
Administration to enforce the obligations of the 
parties under the programs described in sub-
paragraph (A); 
(C) to limit the obligations of the parties 
under the aviation security programs of the De-
partment of Homeland Security and the Trans-
portation Security Administration at Love 
Field, Texas; 
(D) to authorize the parties to offer mar-
keting incentives that are in violation of Federal 
law, rules, orders, agreements, and other require-
ments; 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 
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States Code) that impose obligations on Love 
Field to make its facilities available on a reason-
able and nondiscriminatory basis to air carriers 
seeking to use such facilities, or to withhold 
grants or deny applications to applicants vio-
lating such obligations with respect to Love 
Field. 
(2) FACILITIES.—Paragraph (1)(E)— 
(A) shall only apply with respect to facili-
ties that remain at Love Field after implementa-
tion of subsection (b); and 
(B) shall not be construed to require the 
city of Dallas, Texas— 
(i) to construct additional gates beyond 
the 20 gates referred to in subsection (b); or 
(ii) to modify or eliminate preferential 
leases with air carriers in order to allocate 
gate capacity to new entrants or to create 
common use gates, unless such modification 
or elimination is implemented on a nation-
wide basis. 
SEC. 6. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REVIEW. 
The Department of Transportation shall have exclusive 
authority to review actions taken under this Act (including 
the agreement referred to in section 5(a)), and actions taken 
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to implement the agreement, with respect to all provisions 
of title 49, United States Code. 
SEC. 7. APPLICABILITY. 
(a) LIMITATION.—The provisions of this Act shall 
apply only to actions taken by the parties to the agreement 
referred to in section 5(a) of this Act at Love Field, Texas, 
and shall have no application to any other airport (other 
than an airport owned or operated by the city of Dallas 
or the city of Fort Worth, Texas, or both). 
(b) PRESERVATION OF ANTITRUST LAWS.—Nothing in 
this Act, or any amendment made by this Act, shall modify, 
impair, or supersede the operation of the antitrust laws. 
SEC. 8. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
Sections 1 through 7 and the amendments made by 
such sections shall take effect on the date that the Adminis-
trator of the Federal Aviation Administration notifies Con-
gress that aviation operations in the airspace serving Love 
Field and the Dallas-Fort Worth area, Texas, occurring as 
a result of the agreement referred to in section 5(a) and 
this Act can be accommodated in full compliance with Fed-
eral Aviation Administration safety standards in accord-
ance with section 40101 of title 49, United States Code, 
and, based on current expectations, without adverse effect 
on use of airspace in such area. 
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Union Calendar No. 395 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5830 
[Report No. 109–600, Parts I and II] 
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. 
SEPTEMBER 15, 2006 
Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary with an 
amendment; committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union and ordered to be 
printed 
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