[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6065 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6065

    To amend title 49, United States Code, to limit eligibility for 
  essential air service for certain locations, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 8, 2018

   Mr. Walden (for himself and Ms. Jenkins of Kansas) 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 limit eligibility for 
  essential air service for certain locations, 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 ``Defending Essential Flights and 
Ensuring National Security Efforts Act of 2018'' or the ``DEFENSE Act 
of 2018''.

SEC. 2. EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN LOCATIONS WITH HIGH MILITARY USE.

    Section 41731 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(g) Exception for Certain Locations With High Military Use.--
Subparagraph (D) of subsection (a)(1) shall not apply with respect to 
any location--
            ``(1) that is certified under part 139 of title 14, Code of 
        Federal Regulations;
            ``(2) that is not owned by the Federal Government; and
            ``(3) at which not less than 10 percent of aircraft 
        takeoffs and landings in 2017 were by aircraft of the Armed 
        Forces.''.
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