[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5144 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5144

      To limit the expansion of Los Angeles International Airport.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 16, 2002

  Ms. Waters introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
      To limit the expansion of Los Angeles International 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 ``Careful Airport Planning for 
Southern California Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Commerce fostered by the air transportation network in 
        southern California is an important underpinning of 
        California's economic vitality. In order to sustain that 
        vitality, it is necessary to make optimal use of new and 
        existing airport capacity in the southern California region.
            (2) By the year 2020, regional demand for air travel in 
        southern California is expected to grow to an estimated 
        150,000,000 annual air passengers and more than 8,000,000 
        annual tons of cargo. The benefits and burdens of air travel 
        should be fairly allocated across the region in order to meet 
        this demand.
            (3) Some communities in southern California have serious 
        concerns about the impact airports and air traffic have on 
        their quality of life, as well as air and ground transportation 
        safety.
            (4) Other communities in southern California welcome the 
        economic benefits of airport expansion and increased passenger 
        and cargo activity.
            (5) Within the southern California region, airports should 
        be developed and expanded in communities that want airports.
            (6) Both air and surface traffic congestion at Los Angeles 
        International Airport pose significant safety and quality of 
        life concerns for the community surrounding the airport, and 
        those concerns will only be exacerbated if air traffic at the 
        airport continues to grow.
            (7) Air traffic at Los Angeles International Airport should 
        not be allowed to increase beyond 78,000,000 annual air 
        passengers.

SEC. 3. AIR TRAFFIC AT LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

    (a) Limitation.--The Secretary of Transportation may not approve 
any revision or modification of the airport layout plan for Los Angeles 
International Airport if the revision or modification could result in 
an increase in the number of air passengers at the airport to a level 
exceeding 78,000,000 air passengers per year.
    (b) Air Passenger Defined.--In this section, the term ``air 
passenger'' means an individual who boards (within the meaning of 
section 47102(10) of title 49, United States Code) or exits an aircraft 
at an airport.
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