S 4162 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

AIR Act of 2020

Introduced Jul 2, 2020 Originated Senate Sponsor Deb Fischer R-NE

Fact sheet

Latest action · Nov 16, 2020 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 589.

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.

  1. IntroducedJul 2, 2020
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Airport Infrastructure Readiness Act of 2020 or the AIR Act of 2020

This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to apportion Airport Improvement Program funding for FY2022 and FY2023 to an airport sponsor based on the number of passenger boardings at such airport that would result in the highest apportioned amount during either calendar year 2018, calendar year 2019, or the full calendar year prior to the current fiscal year.

Additionally, DOT shall not calculate a benefit-to-cost ratio with respect to an air traffic control tower participating in the Contract Tower Program on the basis of an annual aircraft traffic decrease in FY2020 and FY2021. Under the Contract Tower Program, air traffic control towers are staffed by employees of private companies rather than by Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employees. The FAA is required to perform a benefit-cost analysis to determine eligibility for participation in the program.

Cosponsors 9

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 2, 2020 to Dec 3, 2020, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-AZKyrsten SinemaOriginalJul 2, 2020
D-ILTammy DuckworthOriginalJul 2, 2020
R-TXTed CruzOriginalJul 2, 2020
R-TNMarsha BlackburnJul 20, 2020
R-TXJohn CornynJul 22, 2020
R-GADavid PerdueJul 23, 2020
R-NDKevin CramerJul 23, 2020
R-AKLisa MurkowskiOct 21, 2020
R-OKJames M. InhofeDec 3, 2020

Actions 5

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Nov 16, 2020Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Wicker without amendment. With written report No. 116-296.
  2. Nov 16, 2020Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 589.
  3. Jul 22, 2020Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
  4. Jul 2, 2020Introduced in Senate
  5. Jul 2, 2020Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 7800AIR Act of 2020Identical billJul 28, 2020

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Nov 16, 2020Reported to Senate
  2. Jul 2, 2020Introduced in Senate

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