To amend title 49, United States Code, to exempt airports in economically depressed communities from matching grant obligations under the airport improvement program.
Latest action · Jan 5, 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 4, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Amends the airport improvement program to provide that the federal share of costs for airport improvement projects at airports that are receiving subsidized small community air service and that are located in economically depressed communities shall be 100% (effectively exempting such airports from matching grant requirements under the program).
Cosponsors 31
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 4, 2007 to Jun 15, 2007; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Original | Jan 4, 2007 |
| R-NY | John M. McHugh | Jan 10, 2007 | |
| R-MT | Denny Rehberg | Jan 11, 2007 | |
| R-NM | Stevan Pearce | Jan 18, 2007 | |
| D-MI | Bart Stupak | Jan 29, 2007 | |
| D-SD | Stephanie Herseth Sandlin | Feb 5, 2007 | |
| D-ME | Michael H. Michaud | Feb 27, 2007 | |
| R-CA | Devin Nunes | Mar 22, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | May 8, 2007 | |
| D-MN | Collin C. Peterson | May 8, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Dennis A. Cardoza | May 8, 2007 | |
| D-MS | Gene Taylor | May 8, 2007 | |
| R-AR | John Boozman | May 8, 2007 | |
| R-PA | John E. Peterson | May 8, 2007 | |
| D-PA | John P. Murtha | May 8, 2007 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Jan 4, 2007 |
| Aviation Subcommittee | Referred Jan 5, 2007 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 5, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
- Jan 4, 2007Introduced in House
- Jan 4, 2007Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 110-34 | ESSENTIAL AIR SERVICE AND SMALL COMMUNITY AIR SERVICE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS322 pages | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Apr 25, 2007 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 49, United States Code, to exempt airports in economically depressed communities from matching grant obligations under the airport improvement program.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
- Airports
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Commerce
- Defense contracts
- Defense industries
- Depressed areas
- Disasters
- Economics and Public Finance
- Emergency Management
- Federal aid to transportation
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Government contractors
- Government Operations and Politics
- Imports
- Income
- Infrastructure
- Intergovernmental fiscal relations
- Internal migration
- Labor and Employment
- Layoffs
- Military base closures
- Plant shutdowns
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Transportation and Public Works
- Unemployment
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 4, 2007Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
