Restoring Essential Service to Small Airports Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 8233 To direct the Secretary of Transportation to reinstitute subsidies under the Essential Air Service program for certain airports, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SEPTEMBER 11, 2020 Mr. TRONE (for himself, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, and Mr. REED) in- troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To direct the Secretary of Transportation to reinstitute sub- sidies under the Essential Air Service program for cer- tain airports, and for other purposes. 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 ‘‘Restoring Essential 4 Service to Small Airports Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. COVID–19 ESSENTIAL AIR SERVICE PROGRAM REIN- 6 STATEMENT. 7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi- 8 sion of law, the Secretary of Transportation shall re- 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:29 Sep 15, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8233.IH H8233 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 8233 IH institute a subsidy under the Essential Air Service pro- 1 gram for all airports that were removed from such pro- 2 gram after fiscal year 2015. 3 (b) TIMING.—For purposes of this section, an airport 4 described in subsection (a) shall be reinstituted for the 5 longer of a period of 1 year beginning on the date of enact- 6 ment of this Act or the period in which such airport meets 7 the qualifying criteria for an airport under the Essential 8 Air Service Program. 9 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:29 Sep 15, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H8233.IH H8233 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS