[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3150 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3150

To prohibit the Secretary of Transportation or the Administrator of the 
Federal Aviation Administration from conducting auctions, implementing 
 congestion pricing, limiting airport operations, or charging certain 
                         use fees at airports.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 18, 2008

  Mr. Schumer introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the Secretary of Transportation or the Administrator of the 
Federal Aviation Administration from conducting auctions, implementing 
 congestion pricing, limiting airport operations, or charging certain 
                         use fees at airports.

    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 ``Access to Air Travel Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FEDERALLY-IMPOSED AUCTIONS AND CONGESTION 
              PRICING AT COMMERCIAL AIRPORTS.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of Transportation and the Administrator of the Federal 
Aviation Administration may not promulgate any regulation or take any 
action to regulate the scheduling of airline operations at any 
commercial airport in the United States if such regulation or action 
includes the Secretary or the Administrator--
            (1) auctioning rights or permission to conduct airline 
        operations at such airport;
            (2) implementing peak-period pricing or another form of 
        congestion pricing at such airport;
            (3)(A) withdrawing the right or permission to conduct 
        operations at such airport (except for a withdrawal for 
        operational reasons or pursuant to the terms or conditions of 
        such right or permission); or
            (B) requiring a carrier to transfer any such right or 
        permission to another person;
            (4) charging a fee for the right or permission to use 
        navigable airspace at such airport; or
            (5) requiring, or providing incentives or disincentives to, 
        airport proprietors to take any of the actions described in 
        paragraphs (1) through (4).
    (b) Savings Provision.--Nothing in this Act may be construed to 
limit the ability of a State, a political subdivision of a State, or a 
political authority of more than 1 State that owns or operates a 
commercial airport from carrying out its proprietary powers and rights.
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