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HR 3037 104th Congress House

Rural Air Service Survival Act

Official title: To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide funding for the essential air service program, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 16, 1996 See on congress.gov
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 18, 1996
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
Mar 6, 1996
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 6, 1996
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E293)
Mar 6, 1996
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 18, 1996

Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Rural Air Service Survival Act - Amends Federal aviation law to direct the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to begin collecting fees for the following FAA-provided services: (1) services (other than air traffic control) provided to a foreign government; and (2) air traffic control services for flights over the United States or its territories by air carriers that neither arrive at nor depart from a U.S. airport (other than such flights by foreign government aircraft engaged in official business). Directs the FAA to deposit the proceeds from such fees in a separate account in the Treasury.

Makes the FAA, instead of the Secretary of Transportation, the administrator of the essential air service program.

Authorizes the FAA to require an eligible public agency that controls a commercial service airport to provide for basic essential air service matching funds of up to ten percent of the amount of Federal compensation received.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1994 Text similarities Federal Aviation Reauthorization Act of 1996
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Republican 1 Independent 1
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Lucas, Frank D.
Oklahoma · Sep 26, 1996
BEREUTER, DOUGLAS
· Jul 16, 1996
Faleomavaega, Eni
· Jul 16, 1996
STENHOLM, CHARLES
· Jul 10, 1996
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Jun 19, 1996
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3037: Rural Air Service Survival Act. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3037/
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"H.R. 3037: Rural Air Service Survival Act." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3037/.
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H.R. 3037, 104th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3037/.
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