[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2955 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2955

     To prevent the issuance of grants to entities that impose an 
   unreasonable condition on or unjust discrimination against an air 
  carrier operating pursuant to a contract with a Government agency, 
 including United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 23, 2019

  Mr. Palmer (for himself, Mr. Biggs, Mr. Loudermilk, Mr. Flores, Mr. 
 Posey, Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Babin, Mr. Westerman, Mr. Stewart, Mr. Rouzer, 
 Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, Mr. Grothman, 
Mr. Duncan, Mr. Baird, Mr. Hice of Georgia, Mr. Buck, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. 
Meadows, Mr. Walker, Mr. Gaetz, Mr. Conaway, Mr. Brooks of Alabama, Mr. 
   Dunn, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Mitchell, Mr. David P. Roe of Tennessee, Mr. 
 Norman, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Allen, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Wright, Mr. 
  DesJarlais, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. Budd, Mr. Yoho, Mr. Walberg, Mr. 
McClintock, Mr. Davidson of Ohio, Mr. Riggleman, Mr. Cloud, Mr. John W. 
  Rose of Tennessee, and Mr. Bergman) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
     To prevent the issuance of grants to entities that impose an 
   unreasonable condition on or unjust discrimination against an air 
  carrier operating pursuant to a contract with a Government agency, 
 including United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 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 ``Prohibiting Local Airports from 
Neglecting Enforcement Act'' or the ``PLANE Act''.

SEC. 2. ISSUANCE OF GRANTS.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the 
Secretary of Transportation determines that the sponsor of a public-use 
airport has violated a covered grant assurance, the Secretary may not 
issue a grant under chapter 471 of title 49, United States Code, to 
such sponsor for any fiscal year in which the violation of the covered 
grant assurance occurs.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section, the following definitions apply:
            (1) Covered grant assurance.--The term ``covered grant 
        assurance'' means a grant assurance made under--
                    (A) section 47107(a)(1) of title 49, United States 
                Code, if the violation is related to an unreasonable 
                condition imposed on or unjust discrimination against 
                an air carrier operating pursuant to a contract with a 
                Government agency, including United States Immigration 
                and Customs Enforcement; and
                    (B) section 47107(a)(11) of title 49, United States 
                Code.
            (2) Other terms.--The terms ``sponsor'' and ``public-use 
        airport'' have the meanings given such terms in section 47102 
        of title 49, United States Code.
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