Don’t Miss Your Flight Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3754 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3754

To establish a grant program for surface transportation infrastructure 
       projects that connect to airports, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 5, 2025

Mr. Cohen (for himself and Mr. Kustoff) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To establish a grant program for surface transportation infrastructure 
       projects that connect to airports, 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 ``Don't Miss Your Flight Act''.

SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR AIRPORT CONNECTION INFRASTRUCTURE.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Public airport.--The term ``public airport'' has the 
        meaning given the term in section 47102 of title 49, United 
        States Code.
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Transportation.
            (3) State.--The term ``State'' means--
                    (A) a State;
                    (B) the District of Columbia;
                    (C) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; and
                    (D) any other territory or possession of the United 
                States.
    (b) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish and carry out a 
program to provide grants to entities described in subsection (c) for 
projects described in subsection (d).
    (c) Eligible Entities.--An entity eligible to receive a grant under 
this section is--
            (1) a State;
            (2) an Indian Tribe; or
            (3) a unit of local government, including a public agency 
        (as defined in section 47102 of title 49, United States Code) 
        that has control over a public airport.
    (d) Eligible Projects.--
            (1) In general.--A project eligible to be carried out with 
        a grant under this section is a project described in paragraph 
        (2) that--
                    (A) connects to a public airport;
                    (B) makes improvements on land that is on, or 
                within 5 miles of, that public airport; and
                    (C) reduces congestion, expands capacity, provides 
                access to under-connected areas, or rehabilitates 
                roadway, rail, or transit infrastructure (including 
                bridges, tunnels, and rolling stock).
            (2) Projects described.--A project referred to in paragraph 
        (1) is--
                    (A) a highway or bridge project eligible for 
                assistance under title 23, United States Code;
                    (B) a public transportation project eligible for 
                assistance under chapter 53 of title 49, United States 
                Code; or
                    (C) a passenger rail transportation project 
                eligible for assistance under title 49, United States 
                Code.
    (e) Application.--To be eligible to receive a grant under this 
section, an entity described in subsection (b) shall submit to the 
Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing 
such information as the Secretary may require.
    (f) Requirement.--Of the amounts made available for each fiscal 
year to carry out this section, the Secretary shall use--
            (1) not less than 50 percent for projects described in 
        subsection (d) that connect to airports that are large hub 
        airports (as defined in section 47102 of title 49, United 
        States Code) as of the date of enactment of this Act; and
            (2) not less than 30 percent for projects described in 
        subsection (d) that connect to airports that are medium hub 
        airports (as defined in section 47102 of title 49, United 
        States Code) as of the date of enactment of this Act.
    (g) Cost-Share.--
            (1) In general.--The Federal share of the cost of a project 
        carried out with a grant under this section shall be determined 
        in accordance with section 120 of title 23, United States Code.
            (2) Non-federal share.--Notwithstanding any other provision 
        of law, an eligible entity may use toward the non-Federal share 
        of the cost of a project carried out with a grant under this 
        section--
                    (A) credit assistance under the TIFIA program (as 
                defined in section 601(a) of title 23, United States 
                Code), if that credit assistance was provided for a 
                project described in paragraph (12)(G) of that section; 
                and
                    (B) any passenger facility charges (as defined in 
                section 40117(a) of title 49, United States Code) 
                collected by the eligible entity.
    (h) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit 
Account) $1,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2031 to 
carry out this section.
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