Restoring Essential Service to Small Airports Act

Bill: 116-hr-8233
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6]
Introduced: 2020-09-11
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports

Rural conditions and development

Small towns

Transportation programs funding
Latest action: action_date: 2020-09-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-09-11
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Restoring Essential Service to Small Airports Act </b></p> <p>This bill directs the Department of Transportation to reinstitute a subsidy under the Essential Air Service program for all airports that were removed from such program after FY2015. The Essential Air Service program was established to ensure that small communities that were served by certificated air carriers before deregulation would continue to receive scheduled passenger service, with subsidies if necessary.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8233 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 11, 2020 Mr. Trone (for himself, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania , and Mr. Reed ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To direct the Secretary of Transportation to reinstitute subsidies under the Essential Air Service program for certain airports, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Restoring Essential Service to Small Airports Act . 2. COVID–19 essential air service program reinstatement (a) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Transportation shall reinstitute a subsidy under the Essential Air Service program for all airports that were removed from such program after fiscal year 2015. (b) Timing For purposes of this section, an airport described in subsection (a) shall be reinstituted for the longer of a period of 1 year beginning on the date of enactment of this Act or the period in which such airport meets the qualifying criteria for an airport under the Essential Air Service Program.