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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2955 
To prevent the issuance of grants to entities that impose an unreasonable 
condition on or unjust discrimination against an air carrier operating 
pursuant to a contract with a Government agency, including United 
States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 23, 2019 
Mr. PALMER (for himself, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. LOUDERMILK, Mr. FLORES, Mr. 
POSEY, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. BABIN, Mr. WESTERMAN, Mr. STEWART, Mr. 
ROUZER, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota, 
Mr. GROTHMAN, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. HICE of Georgia, Mr. 
BUCK, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. WALKER, Mr. GAETZ, Mr. 
CONAWAY, Mr. BROOKS of Alabama, Mr. DUNN, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. MITCH-
ELL, Mr. DAVID P. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. WEBER of 
Texas, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. WRIGHT, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. 
KING of Iowa, Mr. BUDD, Mr. YOHO, Mr. WALBERG, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, 
Mr. DAVIDSON of Ohio, Mr. RIGGLEMAN, Mr. CLOUD, Mr. JOHN W. 
ROSE of Tennessee, and Mr. BERGMAN) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc-
ture 
A BILL 
To prevent the issuance of grants to entities that impose 
an unreasonable condition on or unjust discrimination 
against an air carrier operating pursuant to a contract 
with a Government agency, including United States Im-
migration and Customs Enforcement, and for other pur-
poses. 
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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 ‘‘Prohibiting Local Air-
ports from Neglecting Enforcement Act’’ or the ‘‘PLANE 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ISSUANCE OF GRANTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, if the Secretary of Transportation determines 
that the sponsor of a public-use airport has violated a cov-
ered grant assurance, the Secretary may not issue a grant 
under chapter 471 of title 49, United States Code, to such 
sponsor for any fiscal year in which the violation of the 
covered grant assurance occurs. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following defi-
nitions apply: 
(1) COVERED GRANT ASSURANCE.—The term 
‘‘covered grant assurance’’ means a grant assurance 
made under— 
(A) section 47107(a)(1) of title 49, United 
States Code, if the violation is related to an un-
reasonable condition imposed on or unjust dis-
crimination against an air carrier operating 
pursuant to a contract with a Government 
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agency, including United States Immigration 
and Customs Enforcement; and 
(B) section 47107(a)(11) of title 49, 
United States Code. 
(2) OTHER TERMS.—The terms ‘‘sponsor’’ and 
‘‘public-use airport’’ have the meanings given such 
terms in section 47102 of title 49, United States 
Code. 
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