Seasonal Airport Parity Act

Bill: 115-s-3430
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2018-09-12
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Latest action: action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-09-12
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Seasonal Airport Parity Act</strong></p>  <p>This bill allows designated nonhub commercial service airports receiving scheduled air carrier service for fewer than six months annually (i.e., seasonal airports) to receive minimum apportionments of funds available to sponsors of primary airports. The airport must have passenger boardings of at least 8,000 in the calendar year used to calculate the apportionment.</p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3430 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 12, 2018 Mr. Daines (for himself and Mr. Tester ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation A BILL To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide for the treatment of certain seasonal airports.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Seasonal Airport Parity Act . 2. Seasonal airports Section 47114(c)(1) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (G) Seasonal airports Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection, the Secretary shall consider an airport to be a nonhub primary for the purposes of section 47119 and shall apportion to an airport sponsor in a fiscal year an amount equal to the minimum apportionment available under subparagraph (B) if the Secretary finds that the airport is a commercial service airport (as defined in section 47102) receiving scheduled air carrier service for fewer than six months annually with at least 8,000 passenger boardings in the calendar year used to calculate the apportionment. .