Essential Air Service Reliability Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4246 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4246

To amend section 41733 of title 49, United States Code, to require that 
applications to provide compensated basic essential air service include 
     a contingency plan to continue air service in the event of a 
                  disruption, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 27, 2025

Ms. Tokuda (for herself, Mr. Begich, Ms. Scholten, and Ms. King-Hinds) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                   Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend section 41733 of title 49, United States Code, to require that 
applications to provide compensated basic essential air service include 
     a contingency plan to continue air service in the event of a 
                  disruption, 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 ``Essential Air Service Reliability 
Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. BASIC ESSENTIAL AIR SERVICE AVAILABILITY OF COMPENSATION.

    (a) In General.--Section 41733(c) of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (4);
            (2) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking ``(1) If the Secretary'' and 
                inserting the following:
            ``(1) Application.--If the Secretary'';
                    (B) by inserting after ``compensation under this 
                section.'' the following new paragraph:
            ``(2) Requirement.--For any application submitted pursuant 
        to paragraph (1), such application shall include a contingency 
        plan that provides for the continuation of air service to the 
        eligible place in the event of a disruption that is not related 
        to weather.''; and
                    (C) by striking ``In selecting an applicant,'' and 
                inserting the following:
            ``(3) Considerations.--In selecting an applicant,''; and
            (3) in paragraph (4), as so redesignated, by striking 
        ``Under guidelines'' and inserting ``Rate of compensation.--
        Under guidelines''.
    (b) Applicability.--The Secretary of Transportation shall ensure 
that the amendment made by section 2(a)(2)(B) shall apply not later 
than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
    (c) Conforming Amendment.--Section 41736(c)(2)(A) of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ``section 41733(c)(1)'' and 
inserting ``section 41733(c)''.
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