21st Century SCASDP Act

21st Century SCASDP Act - Revises certain criteria the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) must apply in selecting communities, or consortia of communities, with an underserved airport for participation in the Small Community Air Service Development Program.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5766 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5766

   To amend title 49, United States Code, to modify the criteria for 
selecting communities to participate in the Small Community Air Service 
              Development Program, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 20, 2014

  Mr. O'Rourke (for himself and Mr. Lamborn) 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 modify the criteria for 
selecting communities to participate in the Small Community Air Service 
              Development 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 ``21st Century SCASDP Act''.

SEC. 2. SMALL COMMUNITY AIR SERVICE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.

    Section 41743(c)(1) of title 49, United States Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
            ``(1) Size.--On the date of submission of an application by 
        a community or consortium under subsection (b), the airport 
        serving the community or consortium--
                    ``(A) is not larger than a small hub airport, as 
                determined using the Department of Transportation's 
                most recent published classification; and
                    ``(B)(i) has insufficient air carrier service; or
                    ``(ii) has unreasonably high air fares.''.
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