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S 1438 118th Congress Senate Transportation and Public Works

Small Community Air Service Enhancement Act

Introduced: May 3, 2023 See on congress.gov
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May 3, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
May 3, 2023
Introduced in Senate
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Small Community Air Service Enhancement Act

This bill reauthorizes through FY2028 and revises the Small Community Air Service Development Program, a Department of Transportation (DOT) grant program designed to help small communities address air service and airfare issues.

The bill requires DOT to prioritize grants to communities that meet certain requirements, including where the assistance will be used to help restore scheduled passenger air service that has been terminated or significantly reduced. Under the current program, the air service must have been terminated.

Further, DOT must solicit grant applications during a fiscal year when DOT has in excess of $5 million available to provide grants in that fiscal year.

What's happening now May 3, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1939 Related bill FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Hickenlooper, John W.
Colorado · Jun 12, 2023
 R
Moran, Jerry
Kansas · May 3, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1438: Small Community Air Service Enhancement Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1438/
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"S. 1438: Small Community Air Service Enhancement Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1438/.
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S. 1438, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1438/.
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