[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3179 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3179

     To require that an environmental impact statement be prepared 
   evaluating the impact of slot exemptions for operation of new air 
                     service at LaGuardia Airport.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 11, 1998

 Mr. Manton (for himself, Mr. Schumer, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mrs. 
Lowey, Mr. Ackerman, and Ms. Velazquez) introduced the following bill; 
 which was referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to 
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
     To require that an environmental impact statement be prepared 
   evaluating the impact of slot exemptions for operation of new air 
                     service at LaGuardia Airport.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Airport Environmental and Community 
Fairness Act''.

SEC. 2. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT REQUIRED.

    (a) In General.--Granting of any additional slot for operation of 
air service at LaGuardia Airport in New York shall be considered to be 
a major Federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human 
environment for purposes of section 102(2)(C) of the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)).
    (b) Slots Revoked.--Order 97-10-17 of the Secretary of 
Transportation entitled ``Order granting and denying applications for 
slot exemptions at New York's LaGuardia Airport'' is invalid and shall 
have no force or effect.
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