110 HR 4913 IH: Fair and Competitive Air U.S. House of Representatives 2007-12-19 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I 110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4913 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 19, 2007 Mr. Pascrell introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To prohibit the limitation of certain air traffic in the New York and New Jersey region.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Fair and Competitive Air Transportation Service in New York-New Jersey Region Act.

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Prohibition on limiting certain air traffic

(a)

In general

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Transportation, or any other Federal official, may not take any action that will limit commercial air traffic from one airport operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey that does not limit commercial air traffic from all airports operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, without the consent of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. (b)

Exception

Subsection (a) shall not apply in the case of any action that the Secretary of Transportation deems necessary to preserve air traffic safety or in the event of a national emergency.