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S. 3150, The Access to Air Travel Act

  • This item is from the 110th Congress (2007-2008) and is no longer current. Comments, voting, and wiki editing have been disabled, and the cost/savings estimate has been frozen.

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S. 3150 would prohibit the Secretary of Transportation or the Administrator of Federal Aviation Administration from conducting auctions, implementing congestion pricing, limiting airport operations, or charging certain use fees at airports.

== Detailed Summary ==

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(Log inAccess to editAir Travel Act - Prohibits the wikiSecretary of Transportation and be the firstAdministrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) from taking actions to provideregulate the scheduling of airline operations at a detailed summaryU.S. commercial airport if such an action includes: (1) auctioning rights or permission to conduct airline operations at that airport; (2) implementing peak-period or congestion pricing at the airport; (3) withdrawing an airline's right to operate at that airport; (4) charging a fee for use of navigable airspace at the bill!)airport; or (5) requiring, or providing incentives or disincentives to, airport owners to take any such actions.
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== Status of the Legislation ==

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(Log inLatest Major Action: 6/18/2008: Referred to edit the wikiSenate committee. Status: Read twice and be the firstreferred to update the status of the bill!)Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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Thomas

September 14, 2008, 8:07am (report abuse)

This should be a private sector issue. Govt intervention and regulation has never had a positive effect that benifited the private sector this is a control issue that should be defeated.

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