[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1713 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1713

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 23, 2017

 Mr. Russell (for himself, Mr. Palmer, and Mr. McClintock) introduced 
      the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                   Transportation and Infrastructure

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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 2017''.

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, 2017.
    ``(b) Use of Fees for Deficit Reduction.--
            ``(1) In general.--For fiscal years beginning after 
        September 30, 2017, 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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