PLANE Act

I 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. VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:21 Jun 06, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H2955.IH H2955 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 2955 IH Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Prohibiting Local Air- 4 ports from Neglecting Enforcement Act’’ or the ‘‘PLANE 5 Act’’. 6 SEC. 2. ISSUANCE OF GRANTS. 7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi- 8 sion of law, if the Secretary of Transportation determines 9 that the sponsor of a public-use airport has violated a cov- 10 ered grant assurance, the Secretary may not issue a grant 11 under chapter 471 of title 49, United States Code, to such 12 sponsor for any fiscal year in which the violation of the 13 covered grant assurance occurs. 14 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following defi- 15 nitions apply: 16 (1) COVERED GRANT ASSURANCE.—The term 17 ‘‘covered grant assurance’’ means a grant assurance 18 made under— 19 (A) section 47107(a)(1) of title 49, United 20 States Code, if the violation is related to an un- 21 reasonable condition imposed on or unjust dis- 22 crimination against an air carrier operating 23 pursuant to a contract with a Government 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:21 Jun 06, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2955.IH H2955 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •HR 2955 IH agency, including United States Immigration 1 and Customs Enforcement; and 2 (B) section 47107(a)(11) of title 49, 3 United States Code. 4 (2) OTHER TERMS.—The terms ‘‘sponsor’’ and 5 ‘‘public-use airport’’ have the meanings given such 6 terms in section 47102 of title 49, United States 7 Code. 8 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:21 Jun 06, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H2955.IH H2955 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS