[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 690 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 690

    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

                            January 18, 2019

  Mr. Walden 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 2019'' or the ``DEFENSE Act 
of 2019''.

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 2018 were by aircraft of the Armed 
        Forces.''.
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