[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S3381]
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  SA 6200. Mr. SHEEHY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

     SEC. ___. CONTINUED OPERATION OF CERTAIN AIRPORTS.

       (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, including any agreement, release, settlement, or consent 
     decree, any real property or any interest in real property, 
     including a leasehold or easement, conveyed by the United 
     States pursuant to the Surplus Property Act of 1944 (Public 
     Law 78-457; 58 Stat. 765) or pursuant to any successor 
     statute, for use as an airport, shall be deemed a defense 
     asset and, to the extent that the airport that was the 
     subject of the conveyance, irrespective of the current status 
     of the conveyance continues to be in use a public airport as 
     of the date of enactment of this section, such airport shall 
     remain in operation as a public airport, and may not be 
     permanently closed, disposed of, or in any other manner 
     converted to a non-airport use by any means except as 
     specifically authorized by an Act of Congress.
       (b) Compliance Authority.--The Secretary of Transportation 
     and the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration 
     shall ensure compliance with this section.
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