[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2798 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2798

 To amend title 49, United States Code, to terminate the essential air 
                service program, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 13, 2016

 Mr. Lankford 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 amend title 49, United States Code, to terminate the essential air 
                service program, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Free Market Flights Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF ESSENTIAL AIR SERVICE PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter II of chapter 417 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 41749. Termination of essential air service program
    ``(a) In General.--The authority of the Secretary of Transportation 
to carry out the essential air service program under this subchapter 
shall terminate on October 1, 2016.
    ``(b) Use of Fees for Deficit Reduction.--
            ``(1) In general.--For fiscal years beginning after 
        September 30, 2016, amounts credited to the account established 
        under section 45303 from overflight fees authorized under 
        section 45301(a)(1) that would otherwise be made available 
        under section 41742 for obligation and expenditure to carry out 
        the essential air service program under this subchapter shall 
        be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury and shall be 
        used for the sole purpose of deficit reduction.
            ``(2) Statutory construction.--Paragraph (1) shall apply 
        notwithstanding any provision of section 45303(c) that directs 
        the amounts described in paragraph (1) to be made available for 
        expenditure for activities of the Federal Aviation 
        Administration.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 417 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 41748 the following:

``41749. Termination of essential air service program.''.
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